European roundup: Napoli held by Lecce, Neymar strikes again for PSG

Napoli missed the chance to go top of Serie A after being held to a 1-1 home draw by lowly Lecce, as José Mourinho’s Roma stayed at the summit.

Elif Elmas fired Napoli ahead after 27 minutes from Matteo Politano’s cross, moments after Lecce’s Lorenzo Colombo had missed a retaken penalty. The Milan loanee made amends in dramatic fashion just four minutes later, unleashing a 25-yard strike on the turn beyond Alex Meret that proved enough to earn a point.

Juventus moved into the top four with a 2-0 home victory over Spezia. Dusan Vlahovic opened the scoring in the ninth minute with a superb free kick, before the visitors saw an equaliser ruled out for offside. Juve keeper Wojciech Szczesny was forced off with an ankle injury just before the break, replaced by Mattia Perin.

The hosts struggled to see off their spirited opponents until new recruit Arkadiusz Milik fired home from Fabio Miretti’s cross in stoppage time – the Poland striker’s first goal since joining the club from Marseille. On-loan striker Beto gave Udinese a 1-0 win over Fiorentina, while Empoli and Verona drew 1-1.

Lazio lost ground at the top after Manolo Gabbiadini’s late leveller earned Sampdoria a point. Ciro Immobile had fired in off the post to give the visitors the lead at half-time, and they held on until stoppage time, when Gabbiadini controlled a long ball forward and produced a composed finish for Samp’s first league goal this season.

In Ligue 1, Neymar opened the scoring as Paris Saint-Germain won 3-0 at Toulouse to stay top of the table, with Kylian Mbappé and Juan Bernat also on target. The Brazilian scored his seventh goal of the season in the 37th minute after collecting a pass from Lionel Messi, who had been denied the opener by a Maxime Dupé