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Serie A: Osimhen stars as Napoli pip Juventus 1-0

Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen was in action for 75 minutes as Napoli saved manager Gannaro Gattuso from an eminent sack today with a win over Juventus.

Osimhen was replaced by Andrea Petagna as Lorenzo Insigne’s first-half penalty proved decisive to put a huge dent in Juventus’ hopes of a 10th consecutive Serie A title and ease the pressure on Gattuso.

Gattuso’s under fire side started the game in sixth, and were missing a number of key players including Dries Mertens and Kalidou Koulibaly for a daunting match against Juventus, who had won nine of their last 11 games in all competitions.

But the hosts took a surprise lead into the break courtesy of Insigne’s penalty, awarded after Giorgio Chiellini – making his 400th Serie A appearance and his 500th Juve start – caught Amir Rrahmani with a hand to the face. It was Insigne’s 100th goal in Napoli colours and helped make amends for three previous penalty misses against the Old Lady.

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Juventus rallied in search of an equaliser after the restart, but without reward. Federico Chiesa went close but was repelled by Alex Meret, who replaced David Ospina after he suffered injury in the warm-up.

Alvaro Morata had the ball in the back of the net but the goal was ruled out for offside, before the Spanish international was also denied by the stand-in Napoli goalkeeper.

The result sees Napoli move into fourth, closing the gap on third-placed Juventus to just two points, with Andrea Pirlo’s side seven points adrift of leaders AC Milan.

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