Napoli’s exceptional 11-game profitable streak and ideal begin to the Serie A season had been delivered to a screeching halt on Wednesday when Edin Dzeko’s second-half strike sealed Inter Milan’s 1-0 triumph.
Napoli are nonetheless high of the desk with 41 factors after 16 video games however their benefit over second-placed AC Milan, who beat Salernitana 2-1, narrowed to 5 factors.
Arkadiusz Milik’s stoppage-time free kick earned Juventus a 1-0 win at Cremonese on Wednesday, their seventh in a row with out conceding a purpose.
Cremonese had two objectives disallowed within the first half and competed with Massimiliano Allegri’s facet for a lot of the recreation.
“We knew this was going to be a tricky match because Cremonese run hard and harry you constantly. They’re well drilled and very physical too, so the lads deserve credit for this result,” Allegri mentioned.
Juve are third within the desk with 34 factors, one away from Inter in fourth.
Lecce staged a second-half comeback to beat Lazio 2-1 at dwelling on Wednesday, inflicting a second Serie A defeat in a row on Maurizio Sarri’s facet.
While Ciro Immobile put the guests forward after 14 minutes, Lecce fought again within the second half to go away Lazio exterior the highest 4 in Serie A on 30 factors.
AC Milan gained their first recreation after the World Cup break with victory at Salernitana as Rafael Leao and Sandro Tonali struck within the first half.
“We knew we had been working well, although some friendlies didn’t go the way we wanted. But it is just a little step we needed to take to move toward bigger goals,” Milan coach Stefano Pioli mentioned.
Atalanta prolonged their winless streak to 4 with a 2-2 draw at Spezia. Mario Pasalic saved a degree for the guests with a purpose two minutes into stoppage time.
Roma midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini transformed a penalty towards Bologna in Rome, scoring the one purpose in a 1-0 win as coach Jose Mourinho served his first match of a two-game suspension.
Both groups paid tribute at Stadio Olympico to the late Bologna coach and Roma participant Sinisa Mihajlovic, who handed away in December after an extended battle with most cancers.
