Koulibaly gives Napoli victory as Juve’s lead cut to one point

TURIN, Italy: Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly’s stunning last-gasp goal kept Napoli’s title hopes alive with a 1-0 win at Juventus on Sunday closing the gap to just one point on the Serie A champions.

Koulibaly headed in the winner off a Jose Callejon corner in the final minute to give Napoli their first ever victory at the Allianz Stadium.Six-time defending champions Juventus’s lead at the top of the table has been cut to just one point with four games left. It was just their third league defeat this season and a first since November 19.

Juventus have 85 points from 34 games with Napoli, bidding for a third Scudetto after 1987 and 1990, on 84.Maurizio Sarri’s side pushed forward and had numerous chances, while Juventus, apart from a Miralem Pjanic free-kick hitting the post, created little.

Napoli captain Marek Hamsik threatened twice to break the deadlock while Lorenzo Insigne had a goal disallowed for offside in the first half, before substitute Piotr Zielinski’s late snapshot was cleared by Gianluigi Buffon.

The champions now have a difficult run-in to the season, including trips to Inter Milan and Roma — both fighting for Champions League places.Elsewhere, Lazio and Inter kept their push for Champions League football alive on Sunday.

Ciro Immobile scored a brace as Lazio crushed Sampdoria 4-0 to stay fourth, just behind Roma who warmed up for next week’s Champions League semi-final against Liverpool with a 3-0 win at SPAL on Saturday.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic put Lazio ahead in the first half with Stefan de Vrij increasing their lead before Serie A’s leading scorer Immobile netted twice late on to move to 29 goals for the season.

Inter are a point further back in fifth, just outside the Champions League places, after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Chievo.Top scorer Mauro Icardi put Inter ahead early in the second half with his 26th Serie A goal this season before Ivan Perisic added a second.

Mariusz Stepinski pulled a goal back for Chievo who are just two points above the drop zone.The battle for Europe could go down to the wire with Lazio hosting Inter in their final game of the season.