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Asamoah Scores As Juventus Maintains Top Spot

Ghana international Kwadwo Asamoah scored as Juventus cruised to a 3-1 win over Chievo to retain their nine-point lead at the top of serie A.

Asamoah and Marchisio gave the Bianconeri a comfortable lead at the break, but a bizarre own goal from Martin Caceres gave the visitors hope.

Fernando Llorente settled Juve’s nerves, however, to ensure a return to winning ways after a draw at Hellas Verona.

In another game, Roma kept pace with a 3-0 win over a Sampdoria side who finished the night down to 10 men.

Mattia Destro scored twice, either side of a Miralem Pjanic free-kick, as Roma overpowered the visitors.

And things got worse for Samp late on as Daniele Gastaldello saw a second yellow card for a careless lunge in the direction of Kevin Strootman.

Napoli are four points back thanks to a third win a week – a 2-0 victory at Sassuolo.

Blerim Dzemaili and Lorenzo Insigne scored the goals for Rafael Benitez’s men, who beat AC Milan 3-1 and Roma 3-0 over the past seven days and appear to have hit form ahead of their trip to Swansea in the Europa League on Thursday.

Lazio suffered their first defeat in six games and their first under coach Edy Reja as they went down to a surprise 3-1 defeat against Catania.

The relegation-threatened Sicilian outfit ended a run of three straight draws to ease the pressure on coach Rolando Maran.

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