Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik scored twice Saturday as his team hit back from two goals down to win 3-2 at Juventus in the Serie A.
David Trezeguet gave Juventus the lead in the 35th minute, and Sebastin Giovinco doubled it in the 54th.
Hamsik began Napoli's fightback five minutes later. Teammate Jesus Datolo equalized in the 65th before Hamsik hit the winning goal in the 81st.
"At 2-0 down we had to score as soon as possible. We kept believing and kept playing and didn't panic," Napoli coach Walte Mazzarri said. "At halftime we were only 1-0 down, and I told them to keep playing the way we were as we had three good chances to score in the first half."
Juventus substitute Amauri was sent off in injury time for a foul on goalkeeper Mogan De Sanctis.
League leader Inter Milan, which plays Livorno on Sunday, has 25 points. Juventus has 21, one more than Sampdoria. Parma and Napoli both have 17 points.
Juventus began the match in confident form following its 5-1 win over Sampdoria. Giovinco should have given his side the lead in the irst minute after beating an offside trap, but he shot wide with just De Sanctis to beat.
Napoli's Salvatore Aronica had a long-range drive that just flew over the crossbar, and striker German Denis went close with a header.
Trezeguet scored by rising above Napoli's defense to head home from Zdenek Grgera's cross from the right.
After a slow start to the second half, Juventus doubled its lead following a mistake by Napoli defender Matteo Contini. Trezeguet crossed the ball and Contini headed straight to Giovinco, who rolled a shot past De Sanctis.
Napoli hit back when Datolo crossed from the left for Hamsik to race in and score at the far post.
Datolo and Hamsik then reversed roles for Napoli's equalizer. The Slovakia midfielder's corner was headed by Denis to force goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon into a sharp save, but Datolo was quickest to react and stabbed the ball into the unprotected net.
The pair linked up again for Hamsik's second goal. Datolo crossed from the left, Juventus midfielder Tiago failed to clear and Hamsik struck his third goal of the season from the edge of the area.
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