Milan Đurić scored twice, including one in stoppage time, as Monza drew 2-2 with Lazio in Serie A on Saturday and complicated the club’s chances of qualifying for the next Champions League.
The result ended Lazio’s run of four consecutive victories and left Igor Tudor’s team seventh, three points behind fifth-placed Roma, the last to qualify for the Champions League after Italy. earned an additional place in the next season’s competition.
Atalanta, sixth, is just one point ahead of Lazio, but has played two fewer games.
At the other end of the table, relegation-threatened Sassuolo recorded a surprise but crucial 1-0 victory over newly crowned Serie A champions Inter Milan.
Inter, which won its 20th Serie A title last month, suffered only its second league defeat of the season. Their only other defeat, in September, was also against Sassuolo.
Armand Laurienté returned from suspension and his goal gave Sassuolo its second win in its last 16 games.
Sassuolo was placed two points away from safety, just below Hellas Verona, Frosinone and Empoli, who have the same number of points.
Empoli will host Frosinone on Sunday, and Verona will play Fiorentina.
