MILAN — AC Milan missed a chance to pile pressure on local rivals and fellow Champions League chasers Inter Milan in Serie A after being held to a goalless draw by Torino at the San Siro Sunday.

Gennaro Gattuso’s fourth-placed Milan is three points behind Inter, which lost to leader Juventus Friday, after wasting opportunities to win the match, with forward Patrick Cutrone missing a golden chance with four minutes left and Gonzalo Higuain, returning from a two-match ban, also denied late.

Milan’s wastefulness wasn’t punished by Torino, four points behind Milan in sixth and still unbeaten away from home, thanks to goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma denying Iago Falque and Andrea Belotti.

Milan also had the chance to move away from Lazio, which contrived to draw 2-2 with Sampdoria Saturday despite taking the lead five minutes into stoppage time, and Roma, which threw away a two-goal lead to draw at Cagliari after the Sardinians were reduced to nine men.

All lag behind Juve, which is eight points clear of second-placed Napoli.

Earlier, Duvan Zapata got Atalanta back to winning ways after consecutive losses with a hat-trick against former club Udinese that brought them to within touching distance of the Champions League places, the last of which is occupied by Milan.

Cesare Prandelli started his reign as Genoa coach with a 1-1 draw against fellow strugglers SPAL.

On-loan Everton winger Kevin Mirallas struck his first Serie A goal six minutes into injury time to snatch a point for Fiorentina in a dramatic 3-3 draw at Sassuolo that saw both teams finish with 10 men.

Elsewhere Parma was held 1-1 at home by 10-man Chievo, while Empoli beat Bologna 2-1 in a battle between relegation candidates.

Gladbach reclaims second spot

Borussia Moenchengladbach beat VfB Stuttgart 3-0 Sunday, with all the goals coming in a span of 15 minutes, to reclaim second spot in the Bundesliga with their fourth victory in the last five league games.

The win lifted it to second place, seven points behind leader Borussia Dortmund, whicho beat Schalke 04 2-1 in the Ruhr valley derby Saturday.

Champion Bayern Munich, 3-0 winners over Nuremberg Saturday, is third, two points behind on 27.

Newcastle beaten by Wolves

Ten-man Newcastle United was beaten 2-1 by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League Sunday when Matt Doherty scored in the fifth minute of added time.

The home side suffered from having United States international defender DeAndre Yedlin sent off for a professional foul with more than half an hour to play.

Manager Rafa Benitez was furious, apparently believing a covering defender was in position to prevent an attempt on goal.

He also felt Newcastle should have had a penalty when their goalscorer Ayoze Perez was elbowed near the end. — Agencies