Inter pull nine-point clear as Eriksen salvages Napoli draw
NAPLES: Christian Eriksen claimed a point for Serie A leaders Inter Milan whose 11-match winning streak ended with a 1-1 draw at Napoli on Sunday.
Antonio Conte’s side still have a comfortable margin at the top of the table as they target a first title since 2010 with a nine-point advantage over second-placed AC Milan.
Milan earlier got back to winning ways in the San Siro beating Genoa 2-1.
But Napoli missed the chance to move into the Champions League berths at the expense of Juve who fell 1-0 at Atalanta, who rose to third, earlier Sunday.
Gennaro Gatuso’s Napoli are two points off the reigning Italian champions, before the southerners host sixth-placed Lazio next Thursday.
Top Inter scorer Romelu Lukaku ratled the woodwork either side of Napoli’s opener, an owngoal following a blunder from visiting goalkeeper Samir Handanovic.
Lorenzo Insigne tried to connect with Victor
Osimhen to finish off with Handanovic intercepting the ball only to lose control ater colliding with Stefan de Vrij sending the ball into his own net.
Eriksen pulled Inter level 10 minutes ater the break rifling in from just outside the penalty area to beat Alex Meret in the Napoli goal.
Napoli threatened a second with Fabian Ruiz missing a chance to connect with a Giovanni Di Lorenzo cross ater 63 minutes and Inter loanee Mateo Politano ratling the crossbar with ten minutes to go. Inter failed to take the maximum three points against Napoli for the first time under Conte.
Meanwhile, Gatuso’s side ended their run of six consecutive wins at home.
Meanwhile, Roma’s Champions League ambitions took a knock on Sunday with a 3-1 Serie A defeat at relegation-threatened Torino.
Paulo Fonseca’s side had advanced to the Europa League semi-finals during the week to set up a final-four meeting with Manchester United.
But their struggles in the domestic league continued despite taking the lead ater just four minutes thanks to a Borja Mayoral goal.
Torino hit back with Antonio Sanabria nodding in on 57 minutes with Simone Zaza scoring the second just ater coming off the bench with 20 minutes to go.
The capital side ended the match a man down ater Amadou Diawara was sent off on 85 minutes ater a foul on Zaza landed him a second yellow card.
Captain Andrea Beloti sent Tomas Rincon through for the injury time third goal, as Torino earned back-to-back wins for just the second time this season to move up to 15th position and five points clear of the drop zone.