Good evening everyone and welcome to LIVE updates from the action in Serie A, where the weekend begins with a potentially mouthwatering tie between Lazio and Internazionale.

FULL-TIME: Benitez looks calm enough but he's just overseen a worrying defeat for his side. Five defeats already, and they are struggling to retain their title. Lazio are very much in the race, back level on points with Milan at the top of the table. Hope you enjoyed it, and join us tomorrow when we'll have action from across the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga!

Lazio end stroking the ball around with ease, but Inter suddenly burst forward and will have a corner in the final moments of the game.

WOODWORK FOR SNEIJDER! It's a gret shot after he's squeezed past a couple of tackles, and a dipping shot from 18 yards catches the crossbar! Would only have been a consolation for the visitors.

Bresciano is straight through the middle again after a good ball from Mauri, but again it fizzles out - the Australian isn't quite on the pace so far.

Bresciano on the run as we play the first of four minutes of stoppage time. The move fizzles out, though.

Final change from Lazio as Bresciano comes on to smiles. Hernanes off after a great effort.

HERNANES! WHAT A GOAL! HE SEALS IT FOR LAZIO! It's the man who has pulled the strings for the hosts all night, and he seals it with a great free kick - which takes the littlest of deflections from the wall - buried low into the right hand corner.

Some good play from Mauri, who wins a free kick after cutting past Motta on the very edge of the box. Motta claims he dived, but there was plenty of contact.

Rocchi replaces Floccari for Lazio.

So close - Muslera has to make a crucial save to tip the ball over the bar from Cordoba at point-blank range!

Lucio, pressuring after Cambiasso's ball, wins a corner for the visitors.

Sneijder is not afraid to try a shot from range - and this one was a decent effort, but a foot or two wide of the post.

Not well dealt with by Inter, and Floccari flashes a header back across goal which could have been dangerous. Shortly after Radu gets a yellow for a poor challenge.

Santon replaces Natalino in Inter's final change.

Lazio win a corner after Hernanes sweeps his way forward and passes to Brocchi.

That's a defensively-minded change for Lazio as they look to protecet their lead.

Substitution - Lazio replace Zarate with Ledesma - the Argentine has had an excellent game.

SNEIJDER CLOSE! Cambiasso does well to play him in and the shot isn't far wide of the post - and Muslera would have been struggling to get there.

Zarate is down for Lazio - the physios help him get to his feet, but he looks a little out of it after that knock.

Not this time - it takes a wicked deflection from the wall and is out for a corner. The rain has started to fall in Rome.