Title-chasing Napoli came from a goal behind to beat Udinese 3-1 on Saturday to move to within two points of leaders Atalanta at the top of Serie A.
Lautaro Giannetti's own goal was followed late on by Frank Anguissa's calm finish to seal a huge victory for Antonio Conte's side, who triumphed at the Stadio Friuli for the first time since September 2021.
Udinese took the lead from the penalty spot in the 22nd minute after Stanislav Lobotka handled Jordan Zemura's goal effort, with Florian Thauvin seeing his penalty saved by Alex Meret but the rebound followed.
Napoli restored parity five minutes after half-time when Romelu Lukaku latched onto Scott McTominay's searching pass before finishing into the bottom right corner.
The visitors then took the lead in the 76th minute when David Neres' shot on goal was converted into his own net by Giannetti, sparking wild celebrations from the visiting supporters.
Anguissa then sealed the win five minutes later, racing through on goal after being played through by Giovanni Simeone before striking past Razvan Sava.
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Data Debrief: Oh, I love playing away
After defeat in their last Serie A match against Lazio, Napoli put their Scudetto hopes back on track with a performance worthy of road champions.
Conte's side have now won five of their last seven away games in Serie A (D2), including two in a row, for the first time since last October. This season, only leader Atalanta (six) has recorded more away wins than Napoli.
But their latest win was inspired by Lukaku, who scored the equalizer in the second half. He has now scored six goals against Udinese in Serie A, only against Genoa (seven) did he find the back of the net more often in the competition.
The Belgian is now also one of only five players to have been involved in at least ten goals in the Italian top flight this season (six goals, four assists), alongside Mateo Retegui (15), Marcus Thuram (13), Ademola Lookman (12 ) and Moise Kean (10) on that total.
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