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Atalanta 2-3 Napoli, Serie A: Late Romelu Lukaku Header Sees Antonio Conte's Side Edge In Five-goal Thriller

Antonio Conte라이브 바카라 side won 3-2 at Atalanta, which hadn’t lost since September, and moved six points clear of second-placed Inter Milan

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Romelu Lukaku celebrates his goal against Atalanta
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Romelu Lukaku left it late to earn Napoli a huge victory in their quest for the Serie A title, with his header helping Antonio Conte's side to a 3-2 victory over Atalanta. (More Football News)

Napoli are now six points clear of Inter at the summit of the standings, but Simone Inzaghi's side have two games in hand over the Partenopei. 

Mateo Retegui fired Atalanta into a 16th minute lead, collecting Ederson's pass inside the box before rifling the ball past Alex Meret's near post. 

But Napoli entered the break in front when Matteo Politano fired the ball into the roof of the net before Scott McTominay converted from Frank Anguissa's cutback. 

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However, with 12 minutes remaining, Lukaku popped up with the winner, brilliantly glancing바카라 웹사이트Anguissa's cross into the area beyond the grasp of바카라 웹사이트Marco Carnesecchi.바카라 웹사이트

Napoli have won six games in a row in Serie A for the first time under바카라 웹사이트Conte as manager and for the first time since February 2023 (eight under바카라 웹사이트Luciano Spalletti).

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Data Debrief: Away day delight

Much of the pre-match noise surrounded Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, but Napoli proved they can get results without him, enjoying another memorable fixture on the road in the process.바카라 웹사이트

Napoli have now won eight of their first 11바카라 웹사이트away games in a single Serie A campaign (won eight, drawn two,바카라 웹사이트lost one) only for the third time in their history, having managed 10 in 2017-18 and nine in 2022-23 at this stage of the season.바카라 웹사이트

Conte's side바카라 웹사이트have won 50 points after their first 21 league games. Only바카라 웹사이트three times have they had more after the same number of games in the Italian top-flight (51 in 1987-88, 54 in 2017-18 and 56 in 2022-23).바카라 웹사이트

And the win was decided by their master marksman, with바카라 웹사이트Lukaku now the only player바카라 웹사이트to score more than five goals바카라 웹사이트and provide more than five assists in Serie A this season (eight바카라 웹사이트goals and six바카라 웹사이트assists).

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