Muscat Daily

Inter edge towards title despite draw

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Zidane took only 13 senior outfield players to Getafe and still decided he had to rest Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema by starting them on the bench.

Sergio Ramos, Ferland Mendy and Lucas Vazquez are both injured while Eden Hazard and Dani Carvajal were not deemed ready to return. Nacho Fernandez and Casemiro were both suspended, with Raphael Varane and Fede Valverde unavailabl­e due to COVID-19 protocol.

OTHER RESULTS

Sunday: Osasuna 2 Elche 0, Alaves 1 Huesca 0, Cadiz 0 Celta Vigo 0 Real Betis 2 Valencia 2, Levante 1 Villarreal 5.

Milan, Italy - Andrea Pirlo conceded Juventus missed Cristiano Ronaldo's 'killer instinct' as the Italian champions fell to their first league defeat in two decades to Atalanta on Sunday leaving their participat­ion in next season's Champions League at risk.

Leaders Inter Milan edged towards the Serie A title despite a 1-1 draw at Napoli, to pull 13 points ahead of Juventus who dropped to fourth place.

Christian Eriksen snatched a point for Inter whose 11-match winning streak ended but who hold a nine-point advantage on AC Milan as they target a first league title since 2010.

Substitute Ruslan Malinovsky­i struck three minutes from time in Bergamo with a shot that took a deflection off Alex Sandro as Atalanta won 1-0 to move third.

In Naples, top Inter scorer Romelu Lukaku rattled the woodwork either side of Napoli's opener, an own-goal following a blunder from visiting goalkeeper Samir Handanovic. Eriksen pulled Inter level ten minutes after the break.

Sunday:

 ??  ?? Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Eibar on Sunday
Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Eibar on Sunday

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