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Napoli 1-0 Juventus: Lorenzo Insigne penalty downs champions


Lorenzo Insigne
Lorenzo Insigne celebrated his goal with a message wishing his wife a happy Valentine’s Day

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.

Napoli players celebrate with Gennaro Gattuso
Napoli players celebrated with manager Gattuso at the final whistle

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

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Article courtesy of BBC Sport
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