Napoli coach Antonio Conte speaks to his gamers throughout a break in play in opposition to Lecce at Stadio By way of del mare, Lecce, Italy on Could 3. PHOTO: REUTERS
MILAN:
Italian champions Napoli got here unstuck at Bologna on Sunday, shedding 2-0 to cede the Serie A summit to Inter Milan who downed Lazio by the identical scoreline.
Roma, who beat Udinese 2-0 earlier, briefly held the summit, just for Inter to dislodge them on aim distinction.
With the sport simply three minutes outdated, Lautaro Martinez put Inter in management with Ange-Yoan Bonny doubling the lead on the hour with a shot from shut vary.
Piotr Zielinski thought he had scored Inter’s third however his effort was overturned by VAR.
Targets within the capital both facet of the break by Lorenzo Pellegrini and Zeki Celik despatched Gian Piero Gasperini’s Roma quickly to the highest of the desk on 24 factors after 11 outings.
The breakthrough got here for Roma when Hassane Kamara conceded a penalty after dealing with within the Udinese field.
Pellegrini stepped up within the forty second minute to ship Maduka Okoye the improper approach.
The Romans wrapped up the important three factors one minute after the hour as Celik pressured house from Gianluca Mancini’s cut-back.
Udinese had possibilities to get themselves again into the match inside the ultimate 20 minutes however Roma goalkeeper Mile Svilar stood robust to disclaim first Nicolo Zaniolo, then Vakoun Issouf Bayo.
Earlier, Napoli did not reap the benefits of AC Milan’s collapse in opposition to Parma on Saturday once they had been held 2-2 after main by two targets as they went down on the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara.
After a goalless first half, Napoli had been caught off-guard 5 minutes after the break by a exact shot by Thijs Dallinga following an impressive cross from the left by Nicolo Cambiaghi.
Within the 66th minute, Bologna wrapped up the win. This time the hazard got here from the best: a cross and a header by Jhon Lucumi into Napoli’s prime proper nook.
Bologna moved to fifth, a degree off fourth-placed Napoli.
In different motion, Sassuolo downed Atalanta 3-0 and struggling Genoa had been held 2-2 by last-placed Fiorentina.
