Napoli moved to within three points of Serie A leaders Inter after edging past AC Milan 2-1 on Sunday in an enthralling clash at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. (More Football News)
Inter had pulled further clear of Antonio Conte's side following their victory over Udinese earlier in the day, but Napoli ensured they kept their Scudetto hopes alive.
Ahead of the game, Milan confirmed that Ruben Loftus-Cheek had successful appendectomy surgery after being diagnosed with acute appendicitis, and is expected to be on the sidelines for some time.
Napoli, however, made a lightning start and were ahead just after a minute had been played when Matteo Politano collected Giovanni Di Lorenzo's searching pass behind the Milan defence, holding off Strahinja Pavlovic and firing the ball home inside the box.
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Data Debrief: Lukaku piles more misery on Milan to bring up landmark goal
Between club and country, Lukaku's goal against Milan on Sunday brought up his 400th career goal, and he did so against one of his favoured opponents since making his debut in Serie A.바카라 웹사이트
The Belgian has been involved in nine goals against the Rossoneri (seven goals, two assists), more than any other Serie A team he has faced across all competitions. Lukaku is also the first Napoli player to score in both Serie A games against Milan in a season바카라 웹사이트since Jose바카라 웹사이트Callejon in 2016-17.
But the deciding moment in the contest came when Meret brilliantly saved바카라 웹사이트Gimenez's penalty. The Italian goalkeeper has conceded just once from the four spot-kicks he has faced this season, with only바카라 웹사이트Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (zero) yet to be beaten from 12 yards.바카라 웹사이트
For Milan, however, they have now missed four penalties in Serie A this season, the joint-most of any team in Europe's top five leagues바카라 웹사이트(Freiburg also missed four).
