MILAN, Italy (AFP) — A Paulo Dybala brace kept Juventus’s title push on track, but Francesco Totti stole the show in Serie A with two goals in a 3-2 win over Torino that moved Roma closer to Champions League qualification yesterday. Juve’s closest rivals Napoli had fired a warning shot after putting six unanswered goals, including a hat-trick from Belgium midfielder Dries Mertens, past Bologna on Tuesday.

But the Turin giants were not to be fazed as they continued their bid to emulate their 1935 feat of winning five consecutive titles by beating Lazio 3-0.

Juventus will win the title if they beat Fiorentina on Sunday and Napoli lose at Roma a day later.

Juve’s 26th win of the season maintained their nine-point lead on Napoli with four games remaining.

Third-placed Roma were trailing 2-1 with four minutes remaining after Josef Martinez had added to Andrea Belotti’s first-half penalty in the 80th minute for visiting Torino.

That meant Napoli looked likely to open up an eight-point gap on Luciano Spalletti’s side, but the Italian coach had other ideas.

Roma had seen several penalty claims waved away during the game and Spalletti played his final card five minutes from the end.

Totti had levelled late when he made a cameo appearance in a 3-3 draw at Atalanta on Sunday.

But the 39-year-old playmaker, in which could be his final weeks as a player at the club, went one better.

Seconds after replacing Seydou Keita, Totti slid in at the back post to meet Miralem Pjanic’s free-kick to guide the ball past Daniele Padelli on 86 minutes.

Three minutes later Roma won a controversial penalty for handball in the area, and although Padelli got a touch on Totti’s drive it was not enough.

The ageing captain was mobbed by the bench and fans were seen crying in the stands as Roma kept the pressure on to sit five points behind Napoli.

“I don’t know how to describe it, but it was like the ending of an epic film,” midfielder Alessandro Florenzi told Premium Sport.