BERGAMO, Italy (Reuters) -Romelu Lukaku scored a late goal to earn Napoli a 3-2 win at Atalanta on Saturday and strengthen their position at the top of the Serie A standings. The Belgian striker netted 12 minutes from time with a glancing header from Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa’s cross.

Romelu Lukaku fired Napoli six points clear at the top of Serie A with the decisive goal in Saturday's thrilling 3-2 win at title rivals Atalanta, as Juventus beat AC Milan 2-0 to move into the Champions League spots.

Napoli took a massive step towards the Scudetto with a thrilling 3-2 victory away to Atalanta, as Matteo Politano, Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku ended La Dea’s run.This was a top of the table

Despite missing three of Napoli's last five league games through injury, Khvicha Kvaratkshelia had registered eight goal involvements this term, helping the team to the top of Serie A

Napoli are facing a big setback in the current January transfer window as their club idol and 2022-23 MVP of the season Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is set to leave the Azzurri and will join PSG after talks over a new deal collapsed recently.

Kvaratskhelia joined Napoli in a €13.3m transfer from Dinamo Batumi in the summer of 2022. He was voted Serie A 's most valuable player in 2022-23 after he scored 12 goals and set up 13 more in 34 league games in his first campaign to help the club win its first Scudetto in 33 years.