AS Roma moved within two points of leaders AC Milan and Juventus as goals from Vincenzo Montella and John Carew gave them a 2-0 victory over Reggina in Serie A on Sunday.

European champions Milan and Italian title holders Juventus drew 1-1 in their top-of-the-table clash on Saturday and have 20 points to Roma's 18.

Inter Milan ended a run of five league games without a win with second half goals from Christian Vieri and Alvaro Recoba giving them a 2-0 win at Chievo Verona.

Parma moved into fourth place after they came back from 2-1 down at Brescia to win 3-2 but their Brazilian striker Adriano was carried off on a stretcher with what appeared to be a serious hamstring injury.

With the top two dropping points at the San Siro, Roma took advantage to close the gap but they had to work hard against a determined Reggina.

Fabio Capello's side got off to a good start when Montella raced on to a through ball from Olivier Dacourt and opened the scoring in the 18th minute.

SURVIVED SCARE

But Roma were unable to take a firm grip on the game and survived a scare when Reggina striker David Di Michele had a strike disallowed for offside.

Capello sought to inject some fresh ideas into his side bringing on midfielder Daniele De Rossi and striker John Carew for Montella and Antonio Cassano -- both of whom looked less than pleased with being substituted.

The switch paid off though as in the 81st minute De Rossi played a long ball from Francisco Lima into the path of Carew, who had only been on the pitch three minutes, and the Norwegian fired home.

"To go all the way you need to be able to cope with suffering at home to the little sides as well as being able to take on the big boys," said Montella.

Inter coach Alberto Zaccheroni picked up his first victory since taking over from Hector Cuper with his team moving up to seventh place.

Recoba struck the bar with a free-kick early on before Chievo's former Lazio keeper Luca Marchegiani was harshly dismissed for a foul on Christian Vieri in the 35th minute.

Vieri put Inter in front with a fine header from a Recoba cross in the 64th minute and four minutes later returned the compliment with a pinpoint cross from the right which Recoba converted with a slightly mis-hit volley.

Despite the win, in Zaccheroni's second game in charge following last week's goalless draw at home to Roma, Inter are seven points behind the leaders.

EXCELLENT DISPLAY

The prospect of losing the services of their prolific striker Adriano spoilt what was another excellent display from Parma at Brescia.

The home side went ahead in the third minute when Brazilian Matuzalem's low shot beat Parma keeper Sebastien Frey but Domenico Morfeo slid in at the back post to pull Parma level eight minutes later.

Former Inter Milan midfielder Luigi Di Biagio restored Brescia's lead in the 36th minute but just before the break Marco Marchionni levelled for Parma with a header from a Morfeo cross.

Adriano's replacement, Italy Under-21 striker Alberto Gilardino, grabbed the winner in the 70th minute with a header.

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