Milan extended their lead at the top of Serie A to five points after Pierre Kalulu’s first-half strike earned a 1-0 home win over Empoli on Saturday. With second-placed champions Internazionale not in action until Sunday, Milan raced into a 19th minute lead thanks to French defender Kalulu’s arrowing strike into the bottom corner. The hosts appeared nervy in the second period and struggled to create many more clear-cut openings as they looked to put the game to bed, with goalkeeper Mike Maignan forced into a fine save to preserve his side’s lead. Juventus eased to a 3-1 victory at Sampdoria, sending a warning to their Serie A rivals by closing to within four points of leaders Milan, who host Empoli later on Saturday. Maya Yoshida’s own goal opened the scoring before Omar Colley brought down Moise Kean in the penalty area, allowing Álvaro Morata to put Juve 2-0 up from the spot. The hosts rallied in the second half, though, and were awarded a penalty after a VAR review on Adrien Rabiot’s handball – but Wojciech Szczesny produced a fine save to deny Antonio Candreva. Samp did pull a late goal back through Abdelhamid Sabiri, but Morata fired home at the far post to secure victory for Max Allegri’s side, who are now unbeaten in 15 Serie A games. Earlier on Saturday, bottom club Salernitana picked up a point against 10-man Sassuolo thanks to Milan Djuric’s late leveller, and Spezia arrested their slide down the table with a 2-0 home win over relegation rivals Cagliari. Bayern Munich squandered a host of chances as they were held 1-1 at Hoffenheim, their second Bundesliga draw in a row. The leaders have now won just two of their last five league games but remain 10 points clear of Borussia Dortmund, who have two games in hand and play Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday. Only four days after demolishing Salzburg 7-1 in their second leg to book a Champions League quarter-final spot, Bayern were far more wasteful here. It was the top-four chasing hosts who took the lead through Christoph Baumgartner’s volley at the far post in the 32nd minute. Thomas Müller twice put the ball in the net for Bayern, only to be ruled offside, and his side had to wait until first half stoppage time for the equaliser. The top-scorer Robert Lewandowski headed in a Joshua Kimmich corner on the stroke of half-time for his 29th goal of the campaign and a record-equalling 17th away goal in a season. Bayern had a third effort ruled out for offside, this time Lewandowski, as they pushed for another goal early in the second half. They kept up the pressure as Serge Gnabry hit the post and Jamal Musiala the side netting, before Müller’s shot was cleared off the line. Hoffenheim responded with late efforts from Andrej Kramaric and Jacob Bruun Larsen, but Manuel Neuer was on hand to preserve a point. “In the end it is a bit disappointing not to go home with the three points,” said Neuer. “For the neutral fan it was a really nice game to watch. Luck was not always on our side with offside decisions when we did put the ball in the net.” Despite battling for a point, Hoffenheim slipped out of the top four with Freiburg taking their place following a 3-2 home win over Wolfsburg. Nico Schlotterbeck grabbed a late winner after the visitors rallied from two goals down. Elsewhere, Stuttgart boosted their survival hopes with a 1-1 draw at Union Berlin, climbing out of the bottom two at the expense of Hertha, who lost 2-0 at Mönchengladbach. In Ligue 1, Nice salvaged a 0-0 draw at Montpellier despite being reduced to 10 men in the opening half when Dante was sent off. Christophe Galtier’s side held on for a point, but Paris Saint-Germain can pull 15 points clear with a home win over struggling Bordeaux on Sunday.