TURIN (Reuters) – Napoli’s Serie A title defence suffered another setback as they lost 3-0 at Torino on Sunday, with strikes by Antonio Sanabria, Nikola Vlasic and Alessandro Buongiorno moving the hosts into the top 10.
Torino’s systematic offensive finally found success just before halftime when Ivan Ilic’s free kick deflected from Duvan Zapata and fell to Sanabria for a quick finish.
Shortly after the break Napoli were reduced to 10 men when Pasquale Mazzocchi was sent off for a high-boot challenge just five minutes into his debut. Torino seized the opportunity as Vlasic and Buongiorno scored in quick succession to secure the win.
The defending champions, who have only won one of their last six league games and trail leaders Inter Milan by 20 points at the halfway stage, will hope to regain their form when they host bottom side Salerntiana on Saturday.
(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
