A rare Juventus draw opened the door for the Serie A’s hopeful contenders, and many of them punted their chance to gain ground on The Old Lady.
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In fact, the nearest chaser allowed Juve to add to its table lead!
Atalanta 2-2 Juventus
An own goal put Juve aside inside of three minutes, but a double from Colombian forward Duvan Zapata — his eighth and ninth goals of the Serie A season — had the Old Lady’s unbeaten league record in question with 34 minutes to go.
Georgio Chiellini set up substitute Cristiano Ronaldo for a 78th minute equalizer to grab a point for Juve, who was down a man from the 53rd minute on thanks to a second yellow handed to Rodrigo Bentacur.
Juve now leads second place Napoli by nine points and third place Inter Milan by 14 because…
Inter Milan 1-0 Napoli
Inter found a dramatic late winner against the second place Neapolitans.
A rapid fire pair of yellow cards to Kalidou Koulibaly sent Napoli down to 10 men for the final 10 minutes, and Lautaro Martinez took advantage with a stoppage time goal.
When your match’s other top moment may’ve been inside the first 10 seconds, this game needed the goal.
Sampdoria 2-0 Chievo
Southampton outcast Gaston Ramirez and 35-year-old Fabio Quagliarella scored to bring Sampdoria into the Top Five.
Elsewhere
Frosinone 0-0 AC Milan
Bologna 0-2 Lazio
Roma 3-1 Sassuolo
SPAL 0-0 Udinese
Torino 3-0 Empoli
Cagliari 1-0 Genoa
Fiorentina 0-1 Parma
STANDINGS
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Juventus | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 8-1-0 | 8-1-0 | 50 |
| Napoli | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 7-2-0 | 6-0-3 | 41 |
| Inter Milan | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 7-1-1 | 4-2-3 | 36 |
| Lazio | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 5-2-2 | 4-2-3 | 31 |
| Sampdoria | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 5-2-2 | 3-3-3 | 29 |
| AC Milan | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 5-2-2 | 2-5-2 | 28 |
| Roma | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 5-3-1 | 2-3-4 | 27 |
| Torino | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 4-1-4 | 2-7-0 | 26 |
| Atalanta | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 4-2-3 | 3-2-4 | 25 |
| Fiorentina | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5-2-2 | 1-5-3 | 25 |
| Sassuolo | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 3-5-1 | 3-2-4 | 25 |
| Parma | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 3-4-2 | 4-0-5 | 25 |
| Cagliari | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 3-5-1 | 1-3-5 | 20 |
| Genoa | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 35 | -10 | 4-3-2 | 1-1-7 | 19 |
| SPAL | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 2-4-3 | 2-1-6 | 17 |
| Empoli | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 36 | -14 | 4-1-4 | 0-3-6 | 16 |
| Udinese | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 2-2-5 | 1-4-4 | 15 |
| Bologna | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 2-3-4 | 0-4-5 | 13 |
| Frosinone | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 36 | -24 | 0-5-4 | 1-2-6 | 10 |
| Chievo | 18 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 35 | -22 | 0-4-5 | 0-4-5 | 5 |
