Napoli win on the road at Atalanta to keep up Serie A title pressure on AC Milan

Lorenzo Insigne inspired Napoli to a hard-fought 3-1 win away to Atalanta to go joint top of Serie A with AC Milan. The home side, the only Italian team remaining in European competition, dominated possession throughout but lacked a cutting edge and found themselves two goals down by the break.

Ad/> Against the run of play, Luciano Spalletti's side, who were without top scorer Victor Osimhen, were awarded a penalty following a VAR review after Dries Mertens was tripped by goalkeeper Juan Musso. FootballMan Utd players say things on international duty, episode 247 – The Warm-Up28/03/2022 AT 07:28 Insigne, who is joining Toronto FC next season, stepped up and fire the penalty past Musso.

And the veteran Italian striker set up the second with a clever quickly taken free-kick to setup Matteo Politano to volley the ball in from inside the box. Atalanta, who had Duvan Zapata on the bench for the first time since early February, brought on Aleksei Miranchuk and former Chelsea player Jeremie Boga at the break.

And their possession eventually paid off around the hour mark when Miranchuk's cross was headed in by Marten de Roon to reduce the deficit. Serie A table Serie A fixtures / results Serie A top scorers Atalanta continued to dominate the possession in the closing stages but were undone again with a counter attack which allowed substitutes Hirving Lozano to set up Elif Elmas to seal victory.

The result moves Spalletti's side level on points with AC Milan who face Bologna on Monday night while Atalanta remain sixth. More to follow World Cup Qualification UEFAOpinion: Berardi is most underrated player in Europe, and it’s not close24/03/2022 AT 07:30 Serie AOsimhen nets twice as Napoli beat Udinese to keep pressure on AC Milan