Fiorentina beat Juventus 3-0 at The Stadio Artemio Franchi to keep alive their hopes of a top four finish, and pile more pressure on Thiago Motta. La Viola started much the better, and had the game almost won inside 20 minutes, striking twice in the space of three minutes.

FLORENCE, Italy - Juventus were roundly beaten 3-0 at Fiorentina in their Serie A clash on Sunday, heaping further pressure on under-fire manager Thiago Motta after a second successive heavy defeat. Read more at straitstimes.

Juventus had all of the ball to start with and it looked like Fiorentina was in for an evening of suffering, but the Viola started to grind their way into the game and took an early lead off their first corner.

Napoli missed the chance to go top of Serie A on Sunday after only managing a goalless draw at lowly Venezia as Juventus slumped deeper into crisis with a 3-0 thumping at the hands of rivals Fiorentina.

Fiorentina romped to a 3-0 home win over Juventus in their Serie A clash on Sunday, heaping further pressure on the visitors' under-fire manager Thiago Motta after his side suffered a second successive heavy defeat.