Inter Milan crashed to their first defeat of the Serie A season on Wednesday, going down 2-1 at home to Sassuolo. Inter went into the game with a perfect record of five wins in five and looked in control at 1-0 ahead thanks to a Denzel Dumfries goal on the stroke of half-time at the San Siro.

Juventus put their horror show in a weekend loss to Sassuolo behind them with a 1-0 win over Lecce in Serie A on Tuesday. Juve went into the game chastened by Saturday's shambolic 4-2 loss, their first of the season.

It was a day to forget for Federico Gatti, who scored an awful own goal during his team's 4-2 loss to Sassuolo.

Federico Dimarco scored the only goal as Inter Milan continued their perfect start to the Serie A season with a 1-0 win at basement team Empoli on Sunday.

Rafael Leao ended a difficult week with the only goal in Saturday's 1-0 win over Verona which drew AC Milan level with Serie A leaders Inter Milan, while Juventus fell to their first defeat of the season, 4-2 at Sassuolo.

AC Milan's match with Verona was delayed by 25 minutes on Saturday after a sudden hailstorm briefly left the pitch unplayable. Stefano Pioli's Milan were due to open this weekend's round of matches in Italy's top flight at 1300 GMT but kick-off was pushed back until 1325 GMT.

Inter Milan and Juventus are renewing an old Serie A title rivalry as Italy's two most widely supported clubs head into a busy week leading the way. Top of the league with a perfect 12 points, Inter are two in front of second-placed Juve ahead of their trip to pointless and goalless Empoli, which will be followed up on Wednesday with the visit of Sassuolo.