Soccer-Napoli suffer shock home defeat by Atalanta

Napoli's remote hopes of overhauling Serie A leaders Juventus were dealt a possibly fatal blow when they lost 2-0 at home to Atalanta on Saturday.

Mattia Caldara scored both goals for Serie A's surprise packages who won despite having Frank Kessie sent off after being booked twice in the space of three minutes.

The defeat left third-placed Napoli nine points behind leaders Juventus who face a straightforward match at home to Empoli later on Saturday. Atalanta climbed to fourth, only three points behind their opponents.

Caldara headed Atalanta in front following a corner after 28 minutes and the defender, who is on loan from Juventus, scored the second after 70 minutes with an acrobatic volley.

That goal came just after Kessie was dismissed having been booked for a rough tackle on Amadou Diawara and three minutes later for fouling Lorenzo Insigne.

(Writing by Brian Homewood in Berne, editing by Ed Osmond)

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