Diego Maradona enjoys a wild night in Naples after he attended a ceremony and received honorary citizenship from the Italian city.

Two goals each from Stephan El Shaarawy and Mohamed Salah keep Roma's Serie A title hopes alive as they twice came from behind to win 5-3 at Chievo Verona, while Napoli also stays in the running with a 4-1 home win over Fiorentina.

Gonzalo Higuain scored twice on his old Napoli hunting ground to send Juventus into the Italian Cup final despite a 3-2 defeat to their bitter rivals on Wednesday.

Serie A leaders Juventus withstood prolonged pressure as they held out for a tense 1-1 draw at third-placed Napoli in an absorbing match on Sunday.

Napoli were left fuming after Juventus were awarded two penalties early in the second half on their way to a 3-1 win in the first leg of their Italian Cup semi-final on Tuesday.

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 and the Turin side ploughed on by beating Empoli by the same score.

Bayern Munich routed Arsenal 5-1 in their Champions League last 16 first leg clash on Wednesday thanks to a blistering spell of three goals in 10 second-half minutes.

Napoli scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time to snatch a 2-1 win over Sampdoria who had a player controversially sent off as Serie A resumed with a bang on Saturday.

Napoli substitute Manolo Gabbiadini converted a penalty with the last kick of the game to salvage a 3-3 draw at Fiorentina who were inspired by a superb display from Federico Bernardeschi.

Dries Mertens put four goals past England's Joe Hart as rampant Napoli completed a memorable 5-3 win over Torino to move up to third place in Serie A Sunday.

Dries Mertens scored four goals, including a nine-minute first-half hat-trick, as Napoli forgot their scoring problems with a 5-3 win over Torino in Serie A on Sunday.

Dries Mertens scored a hattrick to lead revitalised Napoli to a 5-0 rout at leaky Cagliari in Serie A on Sunday.

Inter Milan scored three early goals before surviving a second-half fightback to beat 10-man Fiorentina 4-2 and give new coach Stefano Pioli his first win on Monday.

Napoli striker Arkadiusz Milik could be out for several months after suffering a knee injury in Poland's World Cup qualifier win against Denmark.

Champions Juventus returned to the top of Serie A with a 4-0 home rout of Cagliari on Wednesday, while former leaders Napoli dropped to second after being held to a goalless draw at Genoa.

Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri says he can't wait to start working with his 90 million euro man Gonzalo Higuain but warns the striker.

Gonzalo Higuain "betrayed" Napoli by joining rivals Juventus, claims club owner Aurelio De Laurentiis despite pocketing 90m euros.

Gonzalo Higuain completes a sensational move to Juventus after the Italian champions agree to pay a 90 million euros ($98.8m) fee, the third highest in history, to wrest the Argentine striker from Napoli .

Preliminary reports emerging from Italy are confirming that Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain has signed for Juventus after a drawn-out transfer saga.

Juventus are set to smash Italy's transfer record by snatching striker Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli after triggering his release clause of 94.7 million euros ($104 million).