But: Lukaku (53e) for Napoli
Napoli stays the course.
Threatened by the successes of Fiorentina, Atalanta and Inter, Napoli kept the lead by winning by a short header against Roma (1-0) this Sunday at the Stadio Maradona.
For Claudio Ranieri's reunion with the Roman bench, Antonio Conte's collective gained momentum in the first period before concluding after returning from the locker room: Giovanni Di Lorenzo burst onto the right side of the area and centered within five meters for Romelu Lukaku who scored his fifth league goal this season (1-0, 53e).
The Roman awakening existed immediately, Artem Dovbyk even found Alex Meret's cross with a header, while in added time, David Neres came close to making it 2-0 with a beautiful curling shot for Napoli, but Conte's angry fist at the final whistle said it all: the Neapolitans remain solid leaders of this Serie A. With 29 points, they remain a step ahead of Atalanta, Inter and Fiorentina. La Louve, for her part, remains in the soft underbelly in a sad twelfth place in the ranking.
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