Fiorentina returned to the top of the Serie A table on Sunday with an emphatic 4-1 victory over Frosinone as Napoli squandered their chance to grab pole position with a 0-0 draw at Genoa.
Fiorentina returned to the top of the Serie A table on Sunday with an emphatic 4-1 victory over Frosinone as Napoli squandered their chance to grab pole position with a 0-0 draw at Genoa.
Paulo Sousa’s Fiorentina scored all their goals in the first half at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.
Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli are fourth, two points behind Fiorentina after a frustrating 0-0 draw at Genoa.
Napoli had won their five previous league fixtures, but benched Lorenzo Insigne following his outburst after being substituted in their midweek clash with Palermo.
The home side had goalkeeper Mattia Perin to thank as he made some remarkable saves to keep Napoli at bay, Jose Callejon testing him early on before Dries Mertens struck the post. It was a hard-earned point for Genoa, particularly as they lost both Blerim Dzemaili and Ezequiel Munoz in the first half.
After the restart, Sarri introduced both Insigne and Manolo Gabbiadini in search of a winning goal, but it never came.
“We created many scoring opportunities, it's just a shame about the result,” a disappointed Sarri told MediaSet Premium.
Sinisa Mihijlovic’s AC Milan notched their third consecutive victory away to Lazio to go into sixth place.
