Hojlund fires Napoli into Serie A lead as AC Milan held at Juve

Rasmus Hojlund struck again for Napoli with the winning extremity successful Sunday’s 2-1 triumph implicit struggling Genoa, a onslaught which alongside AC Milan drafting 0-0 astatine Juventus lifted the Serie A champions into apical spot.

Fresh from his midweek treble against Sporting Lisbon, Hojlund was connected manus to people connected the rebound with 15 minutes remaining arsenic Napoli came from down to assertion 3 points successful Naples.

The 22-year-old pounced aft Andre-Frank Anguissa’s almighty changeable was pushed retired by Genoa goalkeeper Nicola Leali, taking his nine tally to 4 goals since moving to Napoli from Manchester United.

Napoli person 15 points from their six league matches and pb Roma, 2-1 winners astatine Fiorentina, connected extremity difference.

“It’s my occupation and the team’s occupation to triumph arsenic galore games arsenic imaginable truthful it’s conscionable important to support moving hard, recovering and focussing connected the adjacent match,” Hojlund told DAZN.

Coach Antonio Conte had been considering taking disconnected Hojlund earlier the Denmark striker netted the winner, owed to his midweek exertions successful the Champions League.

“I deliberation helium asked maine if I was bushed and if I could support playing and I conscionable said that I had bully vigor and I was inactive fresh, and I said ‘yeah, conscionable fto maine play’,” added Hojlund.

But Antonio Conte’s squad had to bash it the hard way, with Anguissa bundling successful the leveller successful the 57th infinitesimal aft teen Jeff Ekhator had fixed Genoa a half-time pb with conscionable his 2nd Serie A goal.

Napoli volition enactment apical done the planetary interruption acknowledgment to Christian Pulisic blasting a punishment implicit the barroom arsenic Milan were held by fifth-placed Juve successful Sunday’s drab header clash.

– Pulisic howler –

Pulisic wasted a aureate accidental to enactment Milan up successful Turin aft Santiago Gimenez was clumsily brought down by Lloyd Kelly 7 minutes aft half-time.

The USA guardant had his caput successful his hands pursuing his atrocious effort which ended Milan’s winning tally astatine 5 games and allowed Napoli to reclaim archetypal place.

Substitute Rafael Leao fluffed an accidental to snatch the points successful stoppage clip aft being enactment done by Luka Modric, and Milan driblet down to third, 2 points from the starring pair.

“We should person won, we had chances but thing was missing. We person to bash more,” said Adrien Rabiot, who returned to the Allianz Stadium with Milan aft 5 years astatine Juve.

“It’s lone the commencement of the play but winning present would’ve been significant.”

Earlier, Matias Soule and Bryan Cristante struck successful the archetypal fractional successful Florence arsenic Roma claimed a 3rd consecutive triumph successful Italy’s apical flight, which came aft going down to a Moise Kean rocket successful the 14th minute.

Kean astir added to his archetypal extremity of the play erstwhile helium smashed different almighty effort disconnected the station successful the 38th minute, not agelong aft Cristante had headed Roma into the lead.

Roberto Piccoli was besides unlucky not to level with a volley, which rattled the crossbar successful the 74th minute, but Fiorentina stay winless connected 3 points and 1 spot supra the relegation zone.

For Roma, it was a good extremity to the week pursuing a frustrating Europa League decision to Lille successful which Gian Piero Gasperini’s squad wasted 3 chances to equalise precocious connected from the punishment spot.

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