Paulo Dybala scored but Juventus was held 1-1 at lowly Lecce on Saturday with the defending champion in danger of being overtaken by Inter Milan at the top of the Serie A table.
Both goals came from penalties with Dybala’s strike from the spot after 50 minutes cancelled out by Lecce’s Marco Mancosu’s effort six minutes later.
Juventus rested Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo after Tuesday’s Champions League win over Lokomotiv Moscow, and ahead of two Serie A matches in four days next week.
Promoted Lecce, a side from the heel of Italy, is struggling above the relegation zone, but managed to pull through for a precious point despite being dominated by the visitor.
Robert Lewandowski scored for a league-record ninth consecutive Bundesliga match as Bayern Munich scraped past promoted Union Berlin 2-1 on Saturday to reclaim top spot in the league.
Lewandowski, who has scored in every competitive game in the league, Champions League and German Cup this season for a total of 19 goals, netted his 13th league goal eight minutes after the restart for his new Bundesliga record.
Benjamin Pavard had volleyed in from 17 metres to put the host ahead in the 13th minute.
The Bavarians are top on 18 points, one ahead of Freiburg, which beat RB Leipzig 2-1.
Sharing points
Meanwhile, Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund played out a lacklustre goalless draw that saw both teams drop behind in the Bundesliga title race.
Schalke twice hit the woodwork in a dominant first half with Dortmund content to play second fiddle.
The results:
Serie A: Lecce 1 (Mancosu 56-pen) drew with Juventus 1 (Dybala 50-pen).
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich 2 (Pavard 13, Lewandowski 53) bt Union Berlin 1 (Polter 86-pen); Hertha Berlin 2 (Lukebakio 55, Kalou 69) lost to Hoffenheim 3 (Locadia 33, Kramaric 38, Huebner 79); Freiburg 2 (Hoefler 45, Petersen 90) bt RB Leipzig 1 (Klostermann 90+2); Schalke 04 0 drew with Borussia Dortmund 0; Paderborn 2 (Sabiri 43, Schonlau 64) bt Fortuna Dusseldorf 0.
La Liga: Leganes 1 (Braithwaite 31) bt Real Mallorca 0.
On Friday: La Liga: Villarreal 4 (Toko Ekambi 13, 65, Gerard Moreno 85, Ontiveros 90+1) bt Alaves 1 (Lucas 51).
Serie A: Verona 0 lost to Sassuolo 1 (Djuricic 50).
Bundesliga: Mainz 3 (Boetius 21, Quaison 57, Oztunali 82) bt Cologne 1 (Terodde 14).
