Miroslav Klose scored deep into stoppage time to give Lazio a 2-1 derby win over 10-man AS Roma Sunday and bring some drama to Serie A on a day when five of the seven matches ended goalless. Lazio thus ended a run of five successive defeats against AS Roma the last four of them under coach Edoardo Reja. Pablo Osvaldo gave Roma an early lead before Hernanes levelled early in the second half with a controversial penalty which also resulted in Roma's Simon Kjaer being sent off. Juventus and Udinese stayed level at the top of Serie A after Juve's visit to Chievo and Udinese's trip to Atalanta were among the 0-0 draws. Genoa and Lecce also failed to hit the target as did third-placed Cagliari and Siena, while Bologna won 2-0 at Novara. Juventus and Udinese, both unbeaten, stayed level at the top with 12 points apiece from six games, with Juve enjoying the better goal difference. Cagliari and Lazio are a point behind in third and fourth place and one ahead of Napoli and Palermo. Napoli lost 2-1 at home to Parma Saturday when Palermo were drubbed 3-0 at AC Milan. Foreign EPL owners looking to end relegation Some of the Premier League's foreign owners want to abolish the relegation and promotion system, a senior English football executive said Monday. With half of the Premier League's 20 clubs under foreign ownership, League Managers' Association chief executive Richard Bevan said if more teams are sold to overseas investors they could force a dramatic change to the rules. “There are a number of overseas-owned clubs already talking about bringing about the avoidance of promotion and relegation in the Premier League,” Bevan said at the Professional Players Federation conference. “If we have four or five more new owners, that could happen.” Forcing through any change to the Premier League's rules requires the support of 14 of the 20 clubs. “Certainly you'll find that with American owners and you'll find that with some of the Asian owners (they have been talking about scrapping relegation),” Bevan said on the sidelines of the conference. Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester United and Sunderland are owned by Americans, while Blackburn is under Indian ownership and Queens Park Rangers has Malaysian backers. Under the current system, the three bottom clubs are relegated each season from the top flight to the second-tier Championship, while three clubs are promoted from the Championship to the Premier League.
