Roma soar, Grosso out: Serie A rolls on

Sunday closed matchday three in Serie A with weighty verdicts. At the Allianz Stadium Juventus drew 1-1 with Milan, pegged back by a late Gatti strike (La Gazzetta dello Sport, Calciomercato.com); at the Dall'Ara, Bologna claimed their first point of the season in a 2-2 with Sassuolo settled by Dovbyk deep in stoppage time (ANSA Calcio). Frosinone beat Venezia 3-2 and Parma and Monza shared the spoils 1-1, both off the mark at last (ANSA Calcio). Across Europe, Arsenal won the derby 2-1 against Chelsea while Everton held Manchester United 2-2 (Premier League); in the Bundesliga, Mainz thrashed HSV 5-0 and Augsburg won 4-1 at Frankfurt, and in Ligue 1 Marseille fell 3-2 at home to Paris FC.

The morning's big story comes from Florence: Fiorentina have sacked Fabio Grosso after three defeats in three games and confirmed the return of Paolo Vanoli to the bench (La Gazzetta dello Sport, Calciomercato.com). Off the pitch, Inter made official Esposito's renewal until 2032 (ANSA Calcio), while Dimarco is reported to have a slight knee sprain still to be assessed (ANSA Calcio). Lazio have wrapped up the signing of Diogo Leite, expected straight into the group (Corriere dello Sport). Ahead of the Champions League, UEFA has appointed Sweden's Nyberg for Napoli-Arsenal (Napolicalcionews.it).

Today's menu is all Italian: two late kick-offs close matchday three. Cagliari-Lecce starts at 18:30, and at 20:45 Udinese host Lazio (sources: Corriere dello Sport, La Gazzetta dello Sport). From tomorrow the Champions League returns with the first round of the league phase: among the announced fixtures are Liverpool-Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund-Villarreal and Napoli-Arsenal at the Maradona (previews from Goal.com and Napolicalcionews.it).

A look at the Serie A table shows a crowded summit with one clear leader: Roma sit top on a perfect nine points, with 10 goals scored and just one conceded, shadowed by Inter, also on nine. Behind them, on seven, come Como, Milan and Juventus. At the bottom, Fiorentina are still on zero after three losses and nine goals conceded, numbers that explain the change on the bench. The league's top scorer is Donyell Malen, on five for Roma. Elsewhere in Europe, Barcelona lead LaLiga on 12, Manchester City and Arsenal top the Premier League on nine, and Monaco lead Ligue 1 on nine.