Napoli took benefit of their Serie A title rivals competing within the Italian Tremendous Cup by beating Fiorentina 3-0 on Saturday and shifting high of the pile.
Antonio Conte’s group are three factors forward of Atalanta due to an outstanding particular person purpose from David Neres within the twenty ninth minute, Romelu Lukaku’s penalty not lengthy after half-time and a cool Scott McTominay end within the 68th minute.
Saturday’s win in Florence was Napoli’s fourth in a row in Italy’s high flight and additional strengthened their declare for a fourth league crown after their disastrous Scudetto defence final season.
Nevertheless Napoli have performed a sport greater than Atalanta and two greater than reigning champions Inter Milan, with that pair lacking league motion this weekend as a result of Tremendous Cup.
Inter, who path Napoli by 4 factors, will face native rivals AC Milan within the Tremendous Cup closing in Saudi Arabia on Monday after beating Atalanta within the semis.
Atalanta will play their match from this spherical of fixtures after they host Juventus on January 14, with Bologna visiting Inter the next day.
Fiorentina are sixth and 12 factors off the title tempo after a 3rd defeat in 4 matches.
The hosts have been angered by Moise Kean having a high-quality purpose dominated out for handball moments after Neres’ slalomed by way of the Fiorentina defence and slammed his end previous David de Gea.
Neres began in an uncommon Napoli entrance three which additionally featured full-back Leonardo Spinazzola as a result of accidents to Matteo Politano and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Earlier Venezia stayed second-from-bottom after being held to a 1-1 residence draw by Empoli, whereas fellow strugglers Verona try to tug away from the relegation zone towards Udinese.
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