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– Napoli stretched their winning run to five games in all competitions to move back up to the top of the Serie A table with victory at AC Milan.
– Giovanni Simeone headed a late winner as he directed Mario Rui’s cross into the bottom corner.
– The visitors had opened the scoring through a Matteo Politano penalty before Olivier Giroud equalised with his fourth league goal of the season.
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It's all over! 👊
90+8 | #MilanNapoli 1-2
💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/ZzJPp6P2hf
— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) September 18, 2022
– Napoli now sit at the top on goal difference, while Milan remain fifth.
📊 | Le pesanti vittorie esterne di @Atalanta_BC e @sscnapoli valgono la vetta della classifica! pic.twitter.com/6SuHWCwEHN
— Lega Serie A (@SerieA) September 18, 2022
– Luciano Spalletti’s side were the third team to lead the table after the seventh round of fixtures in the Italian top flight.
– Udinese briefly led after beating Inter Milan 3-1 earlier on Sunday, before Atalanta’s narrow 1-0 win at Roma saw them move to the summit in a game that saw Jose Mourinho sent off.
FT@Atalanta_BC now LEAD #SerieA💎 after a valuable away win at Roma! 📈#RomaAtalanta pic.twitter.com/ymsmjGDwP0
— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) September 18, 2022
– The Roma boss was shown a red card after venting his frustrations when the referee did not award his side a second-half penalty.
