European roundup: Insigne sinks Atalanta as Napoli keep pace with Milan

Lorenzo Insigne scored one and set one up as Napoli beat Atalanta 3-1 to draw level on points with Milan at the top of Serie A.

The striker converted from the spot in the 14th minute after Dries Mertens had been brought down in the box, before his flicked free-kick was volleyed home by Matteo Politano to make it 2-0 at half-time. A Marten de Roon header halved the deficit on the hour but Eljif Elmas’s cool finish, to conclude a counterattack with 10 minutes to go, made the result safe. Milan, who remain top of the table on goal difference, host Bologna on Monday night.

Elsewhere in Italy, Udinese’s Portuguese striker Beto hit a hat-trick in a 5-1 defeat of Cagliari that left the Sardinians hovering precariously above the relegation zone. Walter Mazzarri’s side, who saw Alberto Grassi collect a second booking for diving in the latter stages, are three points above 18th-placed Genoa having played a game more.

Fiorentina beat Empoli with Nicolás González heading home the game’s only goal seconds after Sebastiano Luperto had seen red for the visitors. Vincenzo Italiano’s men climb to eighth, one point off the European spot.

In Germany, a wonderful curling strike from left-back Iago kickstarted Augsburg’s 3-0 victory against Wolfsburg. The Brazilian opened the scoring within the first minute, with Florian Niederlechner and Mads Pedersen clinching the points in the second half. The win was a vital one for Markus Weinzierl’s side, taking them three points clear of the drop zone and within two points of their beaten opponents, on whom they have a game in hand.

In France, Marseille moved back to second and kept up their bid for automatic Champions League qualification, Dimitri Payet’s penalty on the stroke of half-time prompting