This result proves Italian football is tighter and tenser than in Germany or England — and has more three-man defences than Germany or Spain

Atalanta wasted several chances and the opportunity to cut the gap to the top two in Serie A. Atalanta was held to a 0-0 draw by relegation-threatened Venezia and remains third.

Napoli kept up the pressure on Serie A leader Inter Milan as it finally got back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Fiorentina

NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) -Napoli earned a deserved 2-1 win over Fiorentina at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on Sunday to move back on to the shoulders of Serie A leaders Inter Milan. Napoli moved on to 60 points,

Napoli breathed fresh life into their Serie A title hopes on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over Fiorentina that ended a five-match winless run. Napoli, who won the title two years ago, were top at the end of January but have been playing catch-up with Inter after picking up just four points in five matches before beating Fiorentina at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

To nobody’s surprise, it was pretty much all Napoli from the word go. David de Gea made a world-class stop on Giacomo Raspadori as Napoli provided several warning shots before finally striking: Romelu Lukaku pounced on a Scott McTominay rebound but the Fiorentina goalkeeper really should’ve done better;