Title-chasing Napoli got here from a purpose all the way down to beat Udinese 3-1 on Saturday, shifting to inside two factors of leaders Atalanta on the summit of Serie A.
Lautaro Giannetti’s own-goal was adopted up by Frank Anguissa’s calm end late on to seal an enormous win for Antonio Conte’s aspect, who triumphed on the Stadio Friuli for the primary time since September 2021.
Udinese took the lead from the penalty spot within the twenty second minute after Stanislav Lobotka dealt with Jordan Zemura’s goal-bound effort, with Florian Thauvin seeing his penalty saved by Alex Meret, however following up on the rebound.
Napoli restored parity 5 minutes after the break when Romelu Lukaku latched on to Scott McTominay’s looking out move earlier than ending into the underside proper nook.
The guests then took the lead within the 76th minute when David Neres’ shot on track was changed into his personal internet by Giannetti to spark wild celebrations from the visiting supporters.
Anguissa then sealed the victory 5 minutes later, racing in on purpose after being performed by means of by Giovanni Simeone earlier than hanging past Razvan Sava.
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Information Debrief: Oh I do love taking part in away
After falling to defeat of their final Serie A encounter towards Lazio, Napoli acquired their Scudetto hopes again on observe with a efficiency worthy of champions on the street.
Conte’s aspect have now received 5 of their final seven away Serie A matches (D2), together with two in a row for the primary time since final October. This season, solely leaders Atalanta (six) have extra away wins than Napoli.
However their newest triumph was impressed by Lukaku, who netted the equaliser within the second half. He has now scored six targets towards Udinese in Serie A, solely discovering the again of the online extra usually towards Genoa (seven) within the competitors.
The Belgian can also be now considered one of solely 5 gamers to have been concerned in in at the very least 10 targets within the Italian top-flight this time period (six targets, 4 assists), becoming a member of Mateo Retegui (15), Marcus Thuram (13), Ademola Lookman (12) and Moise Kean (10) on that complete.