Source: By PA Sport Staff
Napoli go top as Udinese shock Inter
Napoli took full advantage of Inter Milan’s first defeat of the Serie A season to take over at the top.Udinese called time on Inter’s 16-match unbeaten run with Kevin Lasagna, Rodrigo De Paul and Antonin Barak scoring the goals in a 3-1 victory at San Siro.? FULL TIME 3? goals 3? pointsAnd we're top of the pile again! ???? ? #TorinoNapoli 1-3 ???????? #SerieATIM ???? #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/RiOX3uVL3P— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) December 16, 2017Later, sitting a point behind the Nerazzurri before they tackled Torino, Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli scented blood and Kalidou Koulibaly, Piotr Zielinski and Marek Hamsik made it 3-0 before half-time.It was a 115th goal for Slovakian midfielder Hamsik, who thus matched Diego Maradona’s long-standing record scoring haul for the Naples club.???? | A goal from @MauroIcardiwasn't enough as #InterUdinese finished 1-3. Report ???? https://t.co/RdHV7ZVYqh#FCIM— Inter (@Inter_en) December 16, 2017In addition to re-establishing Napoli as title challengers to be feared, the 3-1 triumph in Turin ended a worrying sequence of toothless performances.The southerners drew blanks against Juventus and Fiorentina in their last two league games and lost 2-1 to Champions League strugglers Feyenoord last week.#TorinoNapoli #SerieATim #SFT pic.twitter.com/W7FHp0YxgF— Torino Football Club (@TorinoFC_1906) December 16, 2017But here their incisive play was back on display, with Allan, Jorginho and Dries Mertens providing assists for the goals from different parts of the pitch.Torino striker Andrea Belotti also enjoyed a timely fillip as he recorded his first league goal since September, rattling in Adem Ljajic’s second-half assist.Udinese in the locker room ???? pic.twitter.com/hliPWmnp8v— ItalianFootballTV (@IFTVofficial) December 16, 2017There had been no such joy for Inter, though. Just days after their embarrassing 120-minute toil against third-tier Pordenone in the Coppa Italia, they were overrun by mid-table Udinese.Lasagna’s opener was quickly cancelled out by Inter captain Mauro Icardi but a second-half collapse saw De Paul convert a penalty and Barak confirm Udinese’s third straight win with his late effort.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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