ROME, Sep 12: No Cristiano Ronaldo. No wins for Juventus. The Bianconeri remained winless in Serie A and slumped to their second consecutive defeat since Ronaldo went back to Manchester United after losing at Napoli 2-1 on Saturday.
Napoli center back Kalidou Koulibaly scored five minutes from time after Moise Kean headed the ball toward his own goal following a Napoli corner, setting up a tap-in for Koulibaly.
Matteo Politano equalized for Napoli near the hour mark following Álvaro Morata’s opener for Juventus 10 minutes in.
Juventus remained with just one point from a 2-2 draw at Udines. With Massimiliano Allegri having returned as Juventus coach after Andrea Pirlo’s unsuccessful tenure last season ended a run of nine straight Italian league titles, Juventus also lost at home to promoted Empoli.
Napoli, meanwhile, has won all three of its matches under new coach Luciano Spalletti and moved three points clear of Lazio, Inter Milan, Roma, AC Milan and Fiorentina.
The equalizer came when Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny didn’t do enough to control a long-range curled effort from Lorenzo Insigne and Politano slotted it in from near the ’keeper’s left post.
Morata’s goal, meanwhile, came following a defensive error from Kostas Manolas.
Dušan Vlahović converted two penalties for Fiorentina in a 2-1 win at Atalanta.
Venezia earned its first points in Serie A in nearly 20 years after beating Serie B champion Empoli 2-1.
Inter Milan made the first misstep of its Serie A title defense with a 2-2 draw at Sampdoria on Sunday. (AP)
