Paulo Dybala made his comeback with a bang, scoring the winner for Juventus against Napoli in a head-to-head for fourth place.
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Match Report
Cristiano Ronaldo fired the hosts into an early lead before substitute Dybala, making his first league appearance since January, curled a shot into the bottom corner to double their lead after 73 minutes.
Lorenzo Insigne pulled one back for Napoli from the penalty spot in the final minute, but it was too little too late as the visitors' four-match league winning run came to an end.
It was a huge result for Juve coach Andrea Pirlo, who came into the game under massive pressure after picking up just one point from two matches against relegation-battling sides Benevento and Torino.
The champions are third in the standings with 59 points, one behind AC Milan and 12 adrift of leaders Inter Milan, while Napoli are fifth with 56 points.
This fixture was originally scheduled to take place in October, but was postponed after a Covid-19 outbreak in the Napoli squad.
It was a crucial game in the race for Champions League qualification, as the two sides came into it level on points and in contrasting form.
The hosts should have been ahead after two minutes when Ronaldo missed a glaring chance by heading wide from six yards, but the Portuguese soon made amends by firing in from a Federico Chiesa cross.
Both teams had penalty appeals waved away before veteran Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, earning a surprise recall to the side, made decisive saves from Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Insigne after the break.
Dybala did not need long to make an impact on his return from a knee injury, the Argentine firing home a superb finish from the edge of the area four minutes after his introduction.
Victor Osimhen went down under Giorgio Chiellini's challenge to earn Napoli a late spot-kick which Insigne converted, but it proved to be only a consolation.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
2' CLOSE! Ronaldo's header wide out
3' Zielinski's shot over the bar
12' GOAL! Juventus 1-0 Napoli (Ronaldo)
21' Yellow Card! Koulibaly booked
38' Cuadrado's shot too straight
40' Insigne's shot over the bar
41' Chiesa's shot over the bar
48' Buffon makes decent save
50' Chiesa's header wide out
59' Insigne's shot stopped
60' CHANCE! Chiesa's shot stopped
72' GOAL! Juventus 2-0 Napoli (Dybala)
80' Yellow Card! Rrahmani booked
89' Penalty Goal! Juventus 2-1 Napoli (Insigne)
Line-ups
Juventus XI: Buffon, Ronaldo, Chiellini, Cuadrado, Danilo, Sandro, Morata, Rabiot, Bentancur, De Ligt, Chiesa
Subs: Szczesny, Ramsey, Pinsoglio, Dybala, Arthur, Demiral, Kulusevski, Frabotta, McKennie, A. Di Pardo, Nicolò Fagioli, R. Drăgușin
Napoli XI: Mertens, Insigne, Koulibaly, Demme, Hysaj, Zielinski, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Meret, Lozano, Fabian Ruiz
Subs: Ospina, Manolas, Maksimovic, Mario Rui, Bakayoko, Lobotka, Politano, Petagna, N. Contini Baranovsky, Elmas, Osimhen, A. Cioffi