Brazilian striker Adriano scored an injury time goal to give Inter Milan a hard fought 3-2 over arch-rivals AC Milan in the Serie A on Sunday.

Both sides scored their first goal from the penalty spot with Adriano putting Inter ahead in the 24th minute and Andriy Shevchenko equalizing in the 39th minute.

Nigerian international Obafemi Martins’ 59th minute goal was canceled out by Jaap Stam seven minutes from time.

Adriano gave Inter their first over Milan in the league since March 2002 when he struck deep into injury time.

The win lifted Inter to second place in the Calcio table on 32 points replacing Milan who slipped to third with their tally stagnant at 31 points.

Earlier on Sunday, Juventus tightened their grip on the Serie A summit with a 4-0 drubbing of Cagliari.

Czech international Pavel Nedved opened the score line for Juve as early as the tenth minute.

David Trezeguet scored on either side of the interval while Cagliari defender Fabio Vignati compounded his side’s misery with a 69th minute own goal.

The win raised Juve’s tally to 42 points, ten adrift of second placed Inter while Cagliari slipped into 19th spot with a mere 9 points from 15 games.

In other matches, Ascoli held Reggina to a 1-1 draw, Livorno edged Lazio with a 2-1 win, Messina beat Chievo 2-0, Roma lost at home to Palermo 2-1, Parma tied with Sampdoria 1-1 and Lecce defeated Udinese 2-0.