Juventus' players celebrate with supporters after winning the Italian Serie A football match between Juventus and Napoli at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on January 25, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)
Turin, Italy: Juventus dealt a huge blow to Napoli's Serie A title defence on Sunday with a 3-0 win in Turin which left the reigning champions nine points behind league leaders Inter Milan.
Jonathan David, Kenan Yildiz and Filip Kostic netted in Turin as Juve, revitalised under Luciano Spalletti, moved back into fifth spot with a statement win over their fierce rivals.
Juve are level on 42 points with fourth-placed Roma but will move into the Champions League positions should the capital club lose to AC Milan in the day's late fixture.
Napoli only lead Juve and Roma by a point and are also looking over their shoulders at Como who are a further two points behind in sixth following their six-goal hammering of Torino on Saturday.
Roma will move above Napoli into third as long as they don't lose to Milan who are trying to cut the six-point gap separating them from local rivals Inter.
Napoli now turn their attentions to Wednesday's visit of Chelsea which will decide whether Antonio Conte's team stay in the Champions League.
Conte has been dealt a difficult hand with injuries, and the only positive news from an awful evening for Napoli was the return of Romelu Lukaku who played his first minutes of the season as a substitute.
