TREBLE-chasing Inter Milan powered back to the Serie A summit last night with a 2-0 win at Lazio which was bizarrely celebrated by both sets of fans.

Even though the defeat means Lazio are still not safe from relegation with two matches to go, their supporters were glad bitter city rivals AS Roma had slipped back to second spot.

Inter, two points clear of Roma, scored with headers from Walter Samuel and Thiago Motta either side of the break.

Juventus earlier suffered the latest and biggest embarrassment of a terrible season when their slim Champions League hopes were extinguished in a 1-1 draw at Catania.

The twice European champions, Serie A’s most successful club, have lurched from one bad result to another this term and respite from the misery never looked likely in Sicily despite Claudio Marchisio equalising Matias Silvestre’s opener.

Beleaguered Juve lie seventh, assured of a Europa League qualifying berth next term like sixth-placed Napoli but eight points behind fourth-placed Sampdoria with two matches left.

Samp stayed two points clear in that final Champions League qualifying spot thanks to a 2-0 home win over relegated Livorno with Antonio Cassano scoring a typically classy goal on five minutes and Reto Ziegler blasting in a late free kick.

Luigi Del Neri’s side are four behind third-placed AC Milan after the Rossoneri beat Fiorentina 1-0 on Saturday.