AC Milan extended their lead at the top of Serie A to five points but were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Lazio.
Injuries mount for league leaders following drab 0-0 draw
Serie A leaders AC Milan extended the gap at the top of the table to five points but were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Lazio.
On-loan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic came closest for the hosts as he saw a second-half shot cannon off both posts.
Milan had much the better of proceedings and the bulk of the shots on goal, but could not better Ibrahimovic's 51st-minute effort.
Rossoneri boss Massimiliano Allegri suffered two new additions to his lengthy casualty list with Daniele Bonera and Nicola Legrottaglie suffering head injuries.
Lazio started positively, Hernanes and Cristian Ledesma both firing on goal in the opening three minutes, but it was the hosts who should have taken an early lead.
Ibrahimovic played a clever pass for Mathieu Flamini but the midfielder could not get the all-important touch.
Chances
It was Flamini at the business end again after 13 minutes, Massimo Oddo crossing only for the Frenchman to head well wide.
Alvaro Gonzalez also missed a header from a good position, while Flamini's luck was not getting any better, this time volleying over from Robinho's neat pass.
Ibrahimovic began to come to the fore, almost forcing Andre Dias to score an own-goal and then teeing up the wasteful Urby Emanuelson.
The Sweden striker thought he had scored six minutes into the second half, cutting in on his right foot and beating Muslera, only to see the ball hit one post and then the other before squirming free.
Milan were rampant now, Flamini, Ibrahimovic and Robinho all going close in a hectic 10-minute period.
The goal came ever close after 64 minutes when Robinho beat the keeper with a low shot, only for Stephan Lichsteiner to clear off the line.
From there on, Lazio held on with more solidity, giving away only one more real chance which substitute Antonio Cassano wasted.
