UPDATE 2-Soccer-Inter and Roma held to away draws

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ROME, March 29 (Reuters) - Inter Milan maintained their four-point lead in Serie A after drawing 1-1 at Lazio while AS Roma managed the same score at lowly Cagliari on Saturday.

Hernan Crespo put reigning champions Inter ahead when he stabbed in Maicon's early cross but the visitors were often sloppy and paid the price when Tommaso Rocchi beat the offside trap and scuffed the ball home in the second half.

Mid-table Lazio deserved to win with midfielder Ousmane Dabo forcing Inter goalkeeper Julio Cesar into a superb save and then rattling the bar with a stinging shot late on. Valon Behrami also went close and had a penalty appeal turned down.

Inter, who lost their second league match this season at home to Juventus last weekend, had a troubled build-up to the game with more confusion about coach Roberto Mancini's future.

Jose Mourinho's personal adviser said on Friday the Portuguese had gone to hold talks with Inter although the former Chelsea coach has denied going to Milan, meeting club president Massimo Moratti or being close to signing a deal.

Inter made no official statement and Mancini, who said earlier this month he would quit in May before changing his mind, looked calm on the bench.

Second-placed Roma failed to put full pressure on Inter but had the chances to leave Sardinia with more than a point.

Cagliari, who won their appeal on Wednesday against a three-point deduction for a legal wrangle, went ahead after three minutes when a corner hit Roma defender Matteo Ferrari and rolled in.