Olivier Giroud of Milan once again saved the day after the French veteran Sunday’s solitary goal sank Napoli and sent his side upward of the table in A league.
The 35-year-old forward diverted home a rebellious shot three minutes from half-time at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium to put in two AC Milan points clear of local rival Inter.
Inter champion, who has a game in hand, he had claimed the summit on Friday with a pounding 5-0 of Salernitana but now sits second one point ahead of Naples.
French is the eighth league goal of the season was hers first away from San Siro since he signed from Chelsea in summer and came on a busy night.
“I always try to do my job when I am in the area being in the right place at the right time, ”Giroud told DAZN.
“I do not want to talk about the Scudetto in this moment, but let’s hope win something this year. We are ambitious and we will do it fight at the end. “
It looked like Giroud wouldn’t do that finish the match in the middle of first half when it was flattened by Kalidou Koulibaly and it was down for over two minutes as the medical staff tried to do patch up a bloody gash above the ankle.
Giroud then slammed into David Ospina seven minutes before half-time, leaving Napoli goalkeeper worryingly prone on the grass before it finally came up It is brought on.
A recovered Ospina did well to overturn Ismael Bennacer’s bass drive just before the hour, while Theo Hernandez and Alexis Saelemaekers may have extended the margin of victory in delay on in a hugely impressive display which underlines his title credentials.
It comes after two deeply disappointing draws with bottom side Salernitana and Udinese who had allowed Napoli to do so lead the league on goal difference in I arrive this week matches.
by Luciano Spalletti team it was the right form team in 2022 but failed to light up despite having an almost full-force lineup it’s a big crowd supporting him.
“Today was a big opportunity for us that we have wasted, but we cannot cry because there are so many of games to go, “said a disappointed Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne.
“If we play again like we did tonight n one here I will remember us. “
Juve put pressure on
Alvaro Morata scored for the first weather from mid January with 20 minutes on the clock at Allianz Stadium in Turin to keep Juve in the race.
Juve is fourth, seven points behind Milan, and is putting pressure on thanks to a run of 14 league matches without defeat that stretches back at the end of November.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri has repeatedly insisted that Juve are not in the title race and Morata was just as evasive when asked about his team’s ambitions for season.
“I’m of my opinion is to think of the next training session and the next match. We can’t think about it too much, “he told DAZN.
Sunday’s was far from accomplished performance from a team missing a guest of players including Paulo Dybala, Weston McKennie, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Denis Zakaria.
La Spezia was excellent in the second half and he had two great possibility of leveling, with Emmanuel Gyasi headed with a huge opportunity straight to Wojciech Szczesny five minutes after half-time and Poland goalkeeper at his best stop Kevin Agudelo with 10 minutes remaining.
Domenico Berardi continued his impressive season for Sassuolo 10th with a brace of sanctions in a 4-1 win to struggling Venice, who sit down three points from safety after being promoted last season.
Berardi scored 12 times this league season and it is also in double figures for assists in the best campaign of his career.
With Federico Chiesa out for the season, 27-year- the old will be in Italy boss Roberto Mancini’s thinking ahead of The fundamental qualification of the Azzurri for the 2022 World Cup playoffs after this month.
Krzysztof Piatek scored his sixth Fiorentina goal ever since he arrived as a replacement for Dusan VLahovic in January in a 1-1 home draw with Verona.
Olivier Giroud of Milan once again saved the day after the French veteran Sunday’s solitary goal sank Napoli and sent his side upward of the table in A league.
The 35-year-old forward diverted home a rebellious shot three minutes from half-time at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium to put in two AC Milan points clear of local rival Inter.
Inter champion, who has a game in hand, he had claimed the summit on Friday with a pounding 5-0 of Salernitana but now sits second one point ahead of Naples.
French is the eighth league goal of the season was hers first away from San Siro since he signed from Chelsea in summer and came on a busy night.
“I always try to do my job when I am in the area being in the right place at the right time, ”Giroud told DAZN.
“I do not want to talk about the Scudetto in this moment, but let’s hope win something this year. We are ambitious and we will do it fight at the end. “
It looked like Giroud wouldn’t do that finish the match in the middle of first half when it was flattened by Kalidou Koulibaly and it was down for over two minutes as the medical staff tried to do patch up a bloody gash above the ankle.
Giroud then slammed into David Ospina seven minutes before half-time, leaving Napoli goalkeeper worryingly prone on the grass before it finally came up It is brought on.
A recovered Ospina did well to overturn Ismael Bennacer’s bass drive just before the hour, while Theo Hernandez and Alexis Saelemaekers may have extended the margin of victory in delay on in a hugely impressive display which underlines his title credentials.
It comes after two deeply disappointing draws with bottom side Salernitana and Udinese who had allowed Napoli to do so lead the league on goal difference in I arrive this week matches.
by Luciano Spalletti team it was the right form team in 2022 but failed to light up despite having an almost full-force lineup it’s a big crowd supporting him.
“Today was a big opportunity for us that we have wasted, but we cannot cry because there are so many of games to go, “said a disappointed Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne.
“If we play again like we did tonight n one here I will remember us. “
Juve put pressure on
Alvaro Morata scored for the first weather from mid January with 20 minutes on the clock at Allianz Stadium in Turin to keep Juve in the race.
Juve is fourth, seven points behind Milan, and is putting pressure on thanks to a run of 14 league matches without defeat that stretches back at the end of November.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri has repeatedly insisted that Juve are not in the title race and Morata was just as evasive when asked about his team’s ambitions for season.
“I’m of my opinion is to think of the next training session and the next match. We can’t think about it too much, “he told DAZN.
Sunday’s was far from accomplished performance from a team missing a guest of players including Paulo Dybala, Weston McKennie, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Denis Zakaria.
La Spezia was excellent in the second half and he had two great possibility of leveling, with Emmanuel Gyasi headed with a huge opportunity straight to Wojciech Szczesny five minutes after half-time and Poland goalkeeper at his best stop Kevin Agudelo with 10 minutes remaining.
Domenico Berardi continued his impressive season for Sassuolo 10th with a brace of sanctions in a 4-1 win to struggling Venice, who sit down three points from safety after being promoted last season.
Berardi scored 12 times this league season and it is also in double figures for assists in the best campaign of his career.
With Federico Chiesa out for the season, 27-year- the old will be in Italy boss Roberto Mancini’s thinking ahead of The fundamental qualification of the Azzurri for the 2022 World Cup playoffs after this month.
Krzysztof Piatek scored his sixth Fiorentina goal ever since he arrived as a replacement for Dusan VLahovic in January in a 1-1 home draw with Verona.