How to best counter the ruy Lopez and Italian game

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After 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Bxc6 bxc6 5 Nxe5, I think the usual move is 5...Qg5. In order to be able to play 5...Qd4, 4...dxc6 is usually preferred.