Inter, Napoli join Juventus at the top of Serie A as AC Milan fall
Fekir maintains scoring spree as Lyon defeat Guingamp 2-1
Napoli and Inter Milan made it three wins out of three to keep pace with six-time title holders Juventus at the top of Serie A on Sunday as AC Milan fell at Lazio.
Luciano Spalletti’s Inter beat promoted SPAL 2-0 in the San Siro after Juventus eased past Chievo 3-0 in Turin on Saturday.
Napoli also remain unbeaten as they warmed up for a midweek Champions League trip to Shakhtar Donetsk, winning 3-0 at Bologna with late goals from Jose Callejon (66), Dries Mertens (83), and Piotr Zielinski (88).
“To go 70 minutes and lose 0-3 is heavy for the boys,” said coach Roberto Donadoni of Bologna’s first loss this season.
“Naivety cost us and Napoli punished us. This has to teach us a lesson.”
Juventus — who travel to Barcelona for Champions League duty today — are top of the standings on goal-difference, equal on nine points with Napoli and Inter Milan, with Lazio fourth on seven.
AC Milan dropped to seventh after suffering their first defeat of the season as a Ciro
Sunday’s matches: Serie A
Inter Milan Atalanta Cagliari Udinese Verona Lazio Benevento Bologna
St Etienne Marseille Lyon 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0
1 1 2 SPAL Sassuolo Crotone Genoa Fiorentina AC Milan Torino Napoli
Angers SCO Stade Rennes En Avant 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 3
1 3 1 Immobile hat-trick lifted Lazio 4-1 at home. Simone Inzaghi’s side ran riot over the Chineseowned Milan with an on-fire Immobile scoring three in 10 minutes, including a penalty, in a match delayed for an hour due to torrential rain in the capital.
Riccardo Montolivo pulled one back for the visitors off a deflected Hakan Calhanoglu free-kick, but Vincenzo Montella’s side fell to their first defeat in three games. “Not many teams will get four goals past Milan,” said Immobile, who also scored for Italy in a World Cup qualifier this week.
“I think we’re on the track.”
After two easy matches against Crotone and Cagliari, Milan got a reality check right against Lazio. Immobile’s first was from a penalty on 38 minutes, and four minutes later he added a second with a volley off a Senad Lulic cross.
The Italian international then got his third six minutes later and quickly assisted Luis Alberto for the fourth.
Earlier, Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi added to his Serie A tally with a 27th-minute penalty, giving him a fifth goal of the season.
The spot-kick was awarded after the intervention of the video assistant referee (VAR), after Joao Mario was tripped inside the box with Icardi slotting in.
Ivan Perisic sealed the victory after 87 minutes with a powerful volley into the top corner.
Meanwhile, Nabil Fekir struck his fourth goal in five matches as Lyon defeated Guingamp 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday, while Rennes belatedly secured their first win of the season with a 3-1 victory at Marseille.
Mariano Diaz curled in a 19th-minute opener for Lyon as the former Real Madrid striker netted his fourth Ligue 1 goal since his close-season arrival from Spain.
Marcus Thuram headed in his first goal in the French top flight to draw Guingamp level on 71 minutes, but Fekir replied with the winner a minute later as Lyon extended their unbeaten start.