Juventus claim victory with last gasp Ronaldo penalty ITALY
Atalanta rallied to draw 2-2 at Napoli on Wednesday in an entertaining Serie A match between two of the league's most attackminded sides.
Nikola Maksimovic and Arkadiusz Milik scored for Napoli, either side of Remo Freuler's equalizer.
But Josip Ilicic leveled for Atalanta four minutes from time, with Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti and an assistant then sent to the stands for their protests as they felt there should have been a penalty moments earlier.
Atalanta remained third but slipped five points behind Juventus, which moved back to the top of Serie A — a point above Inter Milan — after a stoppage-time penalty by Cristiano Ronaldo gave it a 2-1 win over Genoa.
Napoli remained three points behind Atalanta but fell to sixth.
Atalanta is Serie's highest-scoring team, but it was Napoli that took the lead in the 16th minute when Lorenzo Insigne picked out Jose Callejon on the right flank and he crossed for Maksimovic to head home.
The Serbia defender celebrated by holding up the jersey of injured teammate Kevin Malcuit, who underwent surgery on his knee on Wednesday morning and is expected to be out for around six months.
Napoli had chances to double its lead, notably when an unmarked Milik somehow headed onto the post from point-blank range.
And it was made to pay for that as it gifted Atalanta the equalizer four minutes from halftime following a howler from Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret, who allowed Freuler's effort to go between his legs.
Milik curled a free kick onto the crossbar in the 68th but finally got on the scoresheet three minutes later. Atalanta midfielder Marten de Roon gave away the ball away to Fabian Ruiz and he put a ball over the top for Milik to race onto and round the goalkeeper before depositing into an empty net.
Napoli's defending again let it down as Ilicic was left in yards of space to fire home Rafael Toloi's through ball. The home side was incensed as moments earlier Fernando Llorente had appeared to be elbowed over by Simon Kjaer in the area.
LAST-GASP WIN
Ronaldo had a goal disallowed in stoppage time but then won and converted a penalty to eal the victory against Genoa, which played nearly all of the second half with 10 men.
Maurizio Sarri's men were looking to bounce back from a disappointing 1-1 draw at Lecce at the weekend and Leonardo Bonucci headed them in front in the 36th.
But Christian Kouamé leveled five minutes later with a bit of luck as he miskicked the ball off his other leg and it wrongfooted Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
Francesco Cassata was sent off for a second yellow card five minutes after the interval but Genoa's chances to hold on were boosted when Juventus substitute Adrien Rabiot was also dismissed for two bookings three minutes from time.
Ronaldo, who had earlier missed a sitter, thought he had won the match in the fourth minute of stoppage time but the goal was disallowed for offside.
The Portugal international was given a second chance minutes later when he was tripped by Antonio Sanabria and he drove the penalty into the bottom left corner.
OTHER MATCHES
Roma defender Federico Fazio was sent off after just 32 minutes but the capital side managed to win 4-0 at Udinese to move fourth.
Lazio is a point further back after beating Torino by the same scoreline.
Also: Calgiari beat Bologna 3-2, Fiorentina won 2-1 at Sassuolo and Sampdoria drew 1-1 with Lecce.
Serie A
Tuesday
Parma-Hellas Verona ........................ 0-1 Brescia-Inter ..................................... 1-2 Yesterday
Napoli-Atalanta ................................. 2-2 Cagliari-Bologna ................................ 3-2 Juventus-Genoa ................................ 2-1 Lazio-Torino ...................................... 4-0 Sampdoria-Lecce .............................. 1-1 Sassuolo-Fiorentina .......................... 1-2 Udinese-Roma .................................. 0-4 Today
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