Napoli breathed recent life into their Serie A title hopes on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over Fiorentina that ended a five-match winless run.
Romelu Lukaku gave Napoli the lead on 26 minutes and Giacomo Raspadori doubled it on the hour earlier than Albert Gudmundsson pulled a purpose again for Fiorentina.
Antonio Conte’s Napoli climbed again to inside some extent of leaders Inter Milan, who got here from two objectives right down to beat backside facet Monza 3-2 on Saturday.
“We deserved the victory,” mentioned Conte.
“We may have been a bit extra environment friendly with our probabilities and managed the ultimate a part of the sport with much less nervousness as a result of let’s not neglect that we dropped many factors across the ninetieth minute within the final 5 video games.”
Napoli, who gained the title two years in the past, have been prime on the finish of January however have been taking part in catch-up with Inter after choosing up simply 4 factors in 5 matches earlier than beating Fiorentina on the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Juventus host Atalanta in a while Sunday with each groups trying to keep in contact with the highest two. Atalanta are six factors off the tempo in third, whereas fourth-placed Juventus are 9 factors adrift of Inter.
Roma continued their resurgence below Claudio Ranieri as Matias Soule’s purpose after solely 22 seconds was sufficient to safe a 1-0 win at Empoli for his or her fifth successive league victory.
The 73-year-old Ranieri has introduced stability to a membership that sacked Daniele De Rossi in September after which moved on from his successor Ivan Juric lower than two months later.
Roma are unbeaten in 12 video games in Serie A since mid-December, rising from simply exterior the relegation locations and into competition for Europe subsequent season.
They’re 4 factors again of Bologna in sixth, which gives a spot within the UEFA Convention League.
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