Romelu Lukaku and Scott McTominay help Napoli climb to top of Serie A
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Romelu Lukaku and Scott McTominay were both on target as Napoli climbed to the top of the Serie A table with a 3-0 victory at Fiorentina. David Neres set the visitors on their way to a fourth successive win before Lukaku converted a second-half penalty and McTominay struck to edge their side three points clear of Atalanta, who have a game in hand.
Sebastiano Esposito ended Empoli’s three-game losing streak by cancelling out Joel Pohjanpalo’s early opener to secure a 1-1 draw at lowly Venezia. Verona battled their way to a 0-0 home with Udinese despite playing the final 19 minutes with only 10 men following Suat Serdar’s dismissal for a second bookable offence.
In Ligue 1, Khalil Fayad’s stoppage-time own goal handed Lyon a last-gasp 1-0 home victory over Montpellier, who had earlier seen skipper Jordan Ferri’s strike ruled out after a VAR review. Augustine Boakye scored twice as St-Etienne came from behind to beat Reims 3-1.
Keito Nakamura had given the visitors a half-time lead, but Boakye’s double and a third from Lucas Stassin ended the hosts’ four-game losing run. Matthis Abline’s penalty denied Lille victory as visitors Nantes, who had fallen behind to Gabriel Gudmundsson’s strike, secured a 1-1 draw.
Almeira’s Colombian midfielder Luis Suarez plundered a hat-trick in a 4-1 victory as the second-tier outfit dumped LaLiga side Sevilla out of the Copa del Rey. Isaac Romero had given the visitors a fifth-minute lead, but Marko Milovanovic levelled four minutes after the restart before Suarez took over, completing his treble with a stoppage-time penalty to put his side into the last 16.
