Napoli's Title Defence Falters with 3-0 Loss to Torino

Torino's first victory over Napoli since 2015 moves them into Serie A's top 10, while Napoli slips to ninth after only one win in their last six games.

• Napoli's Serie A title defence suffered another setback as they lost 3-0 at Torino, with strikes by Antonio Sanabria, Nikola Vlasic and Alessandro Buongiorno.
• With only one win in their last six league games, Napoli fell to ninth in the standings, trailing leaders Inter Milan by 20 points at the halfway stage of the season.
• Napoli were reduced to 10 men when second-half substitute Pasquale Mazzocchi was sent off for a high-boot challenge on Valentino Lazaro just five minutes into his debut.
• Torino's methodical offensive finally broke through just before halftime when Ivan Ilic's free kick took a deflection from Duvan Zapata and fell to Sanabria for a quick finish.
• Torino sealed their first win over Napoli since 2015 when Lazaro's corner kick was headed home by Buongiorno, making it 3-0 shortly after the hour mark.

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