Juventus close Napoli lead at top as AC Milan lose again

Published on: 17 December 2017

Juventus made light work of Bologna.

Juventus moved above Inter Milan and into second place in Serie A after a routine 3-0 win at Bologna.

Massimiliano Allegri's side now sit one point behind leaders Napoli after 17 games.

Miralem Pjanic opened the scoring from a free kick in the 27th minute before Mario Mandzukic (36) and Blaise Matuidi (64) made things comfortable for the Bianconeri.

AC Milan's crisis deepened as they lost 3-0 at struggling Hellas Verona.

It has been a difficult month for Milan, with one of the few positive notes being their progression to the quarterfinals of the Coppa Italia with a 3-0 win over Verona on Wednesday.

However, Verona avenged that defeat at the Stadio Bentegodi and moved a point clear of the relegation zone.

Andrea Caracciolo broke the deadlock in the 24th minute when he headed a corner in off the crossbar. Milan had several chances to equalise but were denied by Verona goalkeeper Nicolas.

The hosts doubled their tally 10 minutes after the interval when Daniel Bessa burst down the left and pulled back for fellow substitute Moise Kean to slot past Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Milan tried to get back into the match but Verona sealed the result in the 77th minute with a rapid counterattack as Romulo raced down the the right wing before crossing for Bessa to tap in.

Milan's misery was complete in stoppage time when forward Suso was shown a straight red card after video review of his stamp on Verona midfielder Daniele Verde.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.

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