( CNN ) -- Inter Milan moved closer to a Champions League place after crushing Parma 5-0 on Saturday following fourth-placed Lazio 's shock 4-0 defeat by Siena . Claudio Ranieri 's team closed to within a point of the Rome side after 17 games as Italy 's Serie A program resumed following a winter break . The win left Inter five points behind defending champions AC Milan and second-placed Juventus , who travel to mid-table Atalanta and bottom side Lecce respectively on Sunday . Inter have been linked with a move for Carlos Tevez , who is widely expected to join local rivals Milan , but it was the Manchester City striker 's fellow Argentine Diego Milito who hit the headlines with a first-half double at the San Siro . Who will be January 's top transfer targets ? Milito has failed to maintain the heights that saw him score both goals in the final of Europe 's premier club competition in 2010 , but the 32-year-old highlighted his value with a 13th-minute opener from compatriot Ricardo Alvarez 's cross . Midfielder Thiago Motta made it 2-0 with a low shot from distance five minutes later , and Milito headed his seventh goal in all competitions this season from Maicon 's cross just before halftime . Milito set up strike partner Giampaolo Pazzini in the 56th minute , and the South American 's 76th-minute replacement Marcoo Faraoni sealed Inter 's biggest win this season with his first touch of the ball , as the 20-year-old fired in a volley off the crossbar for his first goal in Serie A . It is the first time Inter have won five league matches in a row since Jose Mourinho departed in May 2010 , and continues the club 's resurgent form after a poor start to this season . The defeat left Parma in 13th , and followed 4-1 defeats by Juve and Milan earlier this season . Title hopefuls Lazio could have moved up to third place above Udinese , but went 3-0 down by halftime against Siena after goalkeeper Albano Bizzarri was sent off . Young striker Mattia Destro gave the Tuscany side the lead after only 11 minutes , and Emanuele Calaio doubled the lead on 35 with his first penalty after Franco Brienza went down in the box . Destro put the ball in the net just before the break , but the referee had already awarded a penalty after Bizzarri made contact with the 20-year-old -- and substitute keeper Juan Pablo Carrizo 's first job was to retrieve Calaio 's spot-kick from the back of the net . Destro , on loan from Genoa , sealed victory with nine minutes to play , heading in Cristiano Del Grosso 's cross for his fifth Serie A goal this season as Siena moved up to 14th -- six points above the bottom three .
Diego Milito scores twice as Inter Milan beat Parma 5-0 at the San Siro on Saturday . Win puts Inter within a point of fourth-placed Lazio , who crashed 4-0 at Siena . Inter won for the fifth successive match in Serie A to keep European hopes alive . Title hopefuls Lazio face the prospect of dropping eight points off the lead .