Serie A leaders Napoli held to 1-1 draw by Udinese

Instead, Inter can close the gap to just one point with a victory on Monday - against Fiorentina again - after Napoli paid the price for their poor finishing.

It was another good result for mid-table Udinese, who ended a five-match winless run with a victory over Venezia last weekend.

Napoli missed a number of chances at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Scott McTominay prodded wide from point-blank range but atoned for that error almost immediately by heading in a corner to give Napoli the lead in the 37th minute.

However, a series of Napoli mistakes allowed Jurgen Ekkelenkamp to level three minutes later with a swerving shot from outside the area into the far bottom corner.

It was a second straight draw for Napoli, who were held 1-1 at Roma last weekend.

Lazio moved back into fourth place with a dominant 5-1 win over bottom club Monza.

Adam Marusic's header gave Lazio only a slender lead at the break, despite being in full control, but the floodgates opened in the second half with Pedro scoring twice and Taty Castellanos and Faruq Dele-Bashiru adding the others.

Stefano Sensi converted a late penalty for Monza, who remained eight points from safety.

Lazio leapfrogged two points above Juventus, who slipped back to fifth. They were 10 points below Napoli.

Paulo Dybala netted his first goal of 2025 to help a much-changed Roma team to a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Venezia.

Dybala powerfully converted a second-half penalty after teammate Angeliño was tripped by Venezia defender Alessandro Marcandalli.

Roma coach Claudio Ranieri had opted to rotate his team ahead of Thursday's Europa League playoff against Porto.

Roma remained ninth in Serie A. Venezia were second from last, five points from safety.

Cagliari boosted their chances of avoiding the drop with a 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Parma to inch four points clear of the relegation zone. Parma stayed in the bottom three.