Jorginho fires Napoli back top of Serie A

JORGINHO fired Napoli back top of Serie A on Sunday with a 1-0 win at Udinese as champions Juventus returned to winning ways 3-0 against Crotone.

Napoli move ahead of Inter Milan who had gone top on Friday with Argentina striker Mauro Icardi bagging a brace in a 3-1 win at Cagliari.

The leading trio of Napoli, Inter and Juventus have now pulled cleared of the pursuing pack with Roma and Lazio both held at the weekend.

Napoli have 38 points from 14 games with Inter two points behind. Juventus are third four points off the leaders with Roma three points behind the six-time reigning champions in fourth. ters PSG endured a nervy closing period after Moutinho pulled one back in the 81st minute. – Reu-

In spite of terrible pitch conditions at Udinese’s Dacia Arena, Jorginho managed to open early off the rebound after missing a penalty on 33 minutes as new Udinese coach Massimo Oddo lost his first game in charge.

“It wasn’t easy, the pitch was in horrible condition and barely qualified to play top flight football on. We needed three touches just to get the ball under control,” complained Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri.

Juventus bounced back from their defeat at Sampdoria last weekend with three second half goals from Mario Mandzukic, Mattia De Sciglio and Medhi Benatia. – AFP

£1 = RM5.48 Eleven wins in a row and 37 points from 13 games – both EPL records; unbeaten in 26 matches and 7 months. Just the stats – they don’t do justice as Pep’s men are in a class of their own. When it rains it comes down in buckets. Everton must think so...