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Napoli 2-1 Juventus: Maurizio Sarri loses on return to old club

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Napoli move into the top half with their win

Juventus manager Maurizio Sarri's return to his old club Napoli ended in defeat, although Cristiano Ronaldo extended his personal Serie A scoring run to eight games.

Juve are three points clear of Inter Milan at the top of Serie A after only their second loss of the season.

Piotr Zielinski gave Napoli the lead from close range with Lorenzo Insigne's volley doubling their advantage.

Ronaldo scored in injury time for champions Juventus.

Sarri was booed by Napoli fans on his first game back at the club he left in 2018. He spent one season with Chelsea before moving to Juventus last summer.

He left the club on a high - leading them to a club record points tally in 2017-18 - but returned to take on a side who were 13th in Serie A after a run of one win in 12 league games.

But the Naples club, now managed by Gennaro Gattuso after sacking Carlo Ancelotti, enjoyed an impressive win over the eight-time-in-a-row Italian champions.

Juve almost equalised in injury time but Gonzalo Higuain's bicycle kick was saved by Alex Meret.

Ronaldo's consolation makes him the first Juve player to score in eight consecutive league games since David Trezeguet in 2005

Line-ups

Napoli

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Meret
  • 23HysajBooked at 76mins
  • 44Manolas
  • 22Di Lorenzo
  • 6Mário Rui
  • 8Ruiz
  • 4DemmeBooked at 30minsSubstituted forLobotkaat 69'minutes
  • 20ZielinskiSubstituted forElmasat 81'minutes
  • 7Callejón
  • 99MilikSubstituted forLlorenteat 90'minutes
  • 24Insigne

Substitutes

  • 9Llorente
  • 11Lozano
  • 12Elmas
  • 13Luperto
  • 15Daniele
  • 19Maksimovic
  • 27Karnezis
  • 68Lobotka
  • 98do Nascimento

Juventus

Formation 4-3-1-2

  • 1Szczesny
  • 16Ju Cuadrado
  • 4de LigtBooked at 85mins
  • 19Bonucci
  • 12Alex Sandro
  • 30BentancurBooked at 61mins
  • 5PjanicSubstituted forRabiotat 50'minutesBooked at 70mins
  • 10DybalaSubstituted forBernardeschiat 72'minutesBooked at 81mins
  • 14MatuidiSubstituted forDouglas Costaat 72'minutes
  • 21Higuaín
  • 7Cristiano RonaldoBooked at 90mins

Substitutes

  • 8Ramsey
  • 11Douglas Costa
  • 24Rugani
  • 25Rabiot
  • 31Pinsoglio
  • 33Bernardeschi
  • 41Coccolo
  • 77Buffon
Referee:
Maurizio Mariani
Attendance:
39,111

Match Stats

Home TeamNapoliAway TeamJuventus
Possession
Home51%
Away49%
Shots
Home15
Away8
Shots on Target
Home4
Away4
Corners
Home3
Away2
Fouls
Home14
Away14

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Napoli 2, Juventus 1.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Napoli 2, Juventus 1.

  3. Post update

    Attempt saved. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado with a cross.

  4. Booking

    Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.

  5. Post update

    Foul by Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus).

  6. Post update

    Mário Rui (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  7. Goal!

    Goal! Napoli 2, Juventus 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur with a through ball.

  8. Substitution

    Substitution, Napoli. Fernando Llorente replaces Arkadiusz Milik.

  9. Goal!

    Goal! Napoli 2, Juventus 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by José Callejón with a cross.

  10. Post update

    Attempt missed. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.

  11. Post update

    Hand ball by Douglas Costa (Juventus).

  12. Booking

    Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  13. Post update

    Foul by Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus).

  14. Post update

    Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  15. Post update

    Attempt missed. Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Stanislav Lobotka.

  16. Substitution

    Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Piotr Zielinski.

  17. Booking

    Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.

  18. Post update

    Foul by Douglas Costa (Juventus).

  19. Post update

    Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  20. Post update

    Foul by Alex Sandro (Juventus).

Scores, Results & Fixtures

Sunday 26th January 2020

As It Stood

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Juventus21163240211951
2Inter Milan21146142182448
3Lazio20144247192846
4Roma21116438231539
5Atalanta21115557282938
6Cagliari218763632431
7Parma219482927231
8AC Milan219482226-431
9Hellas Verona208572522329
10Napoli217683029127
11Bologna217683233-127
12Torino2183102635-927
13Fiorentina216782529-425
14Udinese2173111933-1424
15Sassuolo2165103235-323
16Sampdoria2155112033-1320
17Lecce2137112342-1916
18SPAL2143141533-1815
19Genoa2136122141-2015
20Brescia2143141939-2015
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