Napoli return to top

Italy midfielder Jorginho scored the only goal to put Napoli back top of Serie A on Sunday with a 1-0 win at Udinese, as a moment of madness saw Roma's Daniele De Rossi sent off in a 1-1 draw at Genoa.

Joringho fired in off the rebound after missing a penalty on 33 minutes as new Udinese coach Massimo Oddo's lost his first game in charge.

Maurizio Sarri's side pull clear of Inter Milan who went top on Friday with Argentina striker Mauro Icardi bagging a brace in a 3-1 win at Cagliari.

"It's a very important win, even though we didn't play our best game," said Napoli's Lorenzo Insigne.

Napoli have 38 points from 14 games with Inter two points behind. Holders Juventus are third along with Roma on 31 before Sunday evening's game against Crotone.

Roma were held 1-1 at Genoa after captain De Rossi was sent off for pulling Gianluca Lapadula's shirt and slapping in him the face.

Stephen El Shaarawy had opened for Roma on 59 minutes but ten minutes later De Rossi saw red after consultation with the video assistant referee (VAR).

Lapadula slotted in the resulting penalty. Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco criticised 34-year-old De Rossi's "great naivety".

“He's not a kid, especially when he's the leader. We were able to control the game," said Di Francesco. "I haven't talked to him but he was certainly sorry for what happened, the naivety is that nobody escapes VAR."

"These are two lost points, although I have to say played in the right way I'm happy with the performance apart from Daniele's nonsense."