A second half strike from top scorer Dries Mertens gave league leaders Napoli a vital 0-1 win in Atalanta in another fantastic round of Serie A football games.
Meanwhile, the Bianconeri won to climb to within a point of the leaders, Lazio hit a big five and there was live betting drama in Milan as Inter grabbed a late equaliser against Roma.
Merten’s 11th league goal of the season ensured Maurizio Sarri’s side stays top with a win at pre-match betting odds of around 2.07. He finished coolly on 65 minutes, latching on to a through ball from Jose Callejon before shooting hard and low into the bottom corner. There were more chances at both ends but Napoli deservedly hung on.
Juventus beat Genoa 1-0 to stay in hot pursuit thanks to a first half effort from Douglas Costa, converting from close range after good work from Mario Mandzukic
A first half strike from Stephan El Shaarawy looked to have given Roma a precious win away to Inter, but Matais Vecino rose to plant a header home with just five minutes remaining to make it 1-1 and send the fans at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium wild.
Lazio took advantage, moving into third place with a 5-1 hammering of Chievo. League leading scorer Ciro Immobile limped off in the first half but Sergei Milinkovic-Savoc stepped up to score a brace. And Fabio Quagliarella took his season tally to 15 with a well taken hat-trick, giving sixth placed Sampdoria a very useful 3-1 victory over Europa rivals Fiorentina.
Milan is up to seventh after winning a grumpy game in Cagliari 1-2 where both teams ended up with ten men. Elsewhere, Crotone moved out of the relegation zone with a 0-3 win over fellow struggler Hellas Verona, Bologna dumped bottom club Benevento with a 3-0 victory, and there were 1-1 draws between Udinese and SPAL, and Sassuolo and Torino.
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