Napoli eased the pressure on boss Gennaro Gattuso as they beat Juventus to halt the Serie A champions’ revival.
Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini had a game to forget in his 400th Serie A appearance as he handled the ball to give away the game’s only goal, with Lorenzo Insigne scoring the penalty.
Alvaro Morata had a potential equaliser disallowed as Chiellini was offside.
Napoli keeper Alex Meret had an excellent game to deny Federico Chiesa, Morata and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Italian media reports had suggested that Gattuso could be sacked by Napoli if they lost this game, but the win takes them up to fourth place, only two points behind Juve.
Juve, who had only dropped points once in Serie A since 22 December, are seven points behind leaders AC Milan. The gap will be 10 points if they beat Spezia at 19:45 GMT.
Line-ups
Napoli
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Meret
- 22Di LorenzoBooked at 23mins
- 33Rrahmani
- 19Maksimovic
- 6Mário Rui
- 20ZielinskiSubstituted forElmasat 64′minutes
- 5BakayokoBooked at 56mins
- 21PolitanoSubstituted forRuizat 65′minutes
- 24InsigneSubstituted forLobotkaat 88′minutes
- 11Lozano
- 9OsimhenSubstituted forPetagnaat 75′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Zedadka
- 7Elmas
- 8Ruiz
- 16Contini
- 25Ospina
- 37Petagna
- 38Costanzo
- 58Cioffi
- 68Lobotka
Juventus
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Szczesny
- 16Ju CuadradoBooked at 45minsSubstituted forLobo Silvaat 45′minutes
- 4de Ligt
- 3ChielliniBooked at 30mins
- 13Danilo
- 33BernardeschiSubstituted forMcKennieat 63′minutes
- 30BentancurSubstituted forKulusevskiat 72′minutes
- 25RabiotBooked at 90mins
- 22Chiesa
- 9Morata
- 7Cristiano Ronaldo
Substitutes
- 12Lobo Silva
- 14McKennie
- 19Bonucci
- 28Demiral
- 31Pinsoglio
- 36Di Pardo
- 38Frabotta
- 41Fagioli
- 44Kulusevski
- 51Peeters
- 77Buffon
Live Text
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Match ends, Napoli 1, Juventus 0.
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Second Half ends, Napoli 1, Juventus 0.
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Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Adrien Rabiot (Juventus).
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Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Weston McKennie.
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Attempt missed. Weston McKennie (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dejan Kulusevski with a cross.
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Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Sandro with a cross.
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Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Andrea Petagna (Napoli).
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Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Chiesa with a cross following a corner.
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Substitution, Napoli. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
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Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Nikola Maksimovic.
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Attempt saved. Álvaro Morata (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Chiesa with a cross.
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Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Danilo.
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Foul by Álvaro Morata (Juventus).
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Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, Juventus. Adrien Rabiot tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
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Offside, Juventus. Dejan Kulusevski tries a through ball, but Cristiano Ronaldo is caught offside.
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