McTominay fires Napoli to top of Serie A, Juventus go fourth

McTominay lit the blue touch paper in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona when he ghosted in at the near post to turn Napoli into the lead on seven minutes against Torino.

The former Manchester United midfielder repeated the trick four minutes before the break to send Napoli clear at the top of Serie A on 74 points with just four matches remaining.

The brace brought McTominay's league total to 11 goals, one behind Napoli's leading scorer Romelu Lukaku.

"For us it's keep calm, keep everything relaxed and go game by game because this game is not important unless we win the next one and the next one after that," McTominay told DAZN.

"It would mean the world as obviously the squad did that two years ago (Napoli won the Scudetto in 2023)."

Juventus moved into the fourth and final Champions League qualification spot with a 2-0 victory at home to basement-club Monza. First-half strikes from Nicolas Gonzalez and Randal Kolo Muani took the Old Lady to 62 points.

But Juventus will likely be without exciting Turkish forward Kenan Yildiz for their next two fixtures after the 19-year-old was sent off for violent conduct at the end of the first period.

Third-placed Atalanta were held to a surprise 1-1 draw by relegation-threatened Lecce, dragging Gian Piero Gasperini's side further into the dogfight for Champions League football next season.

Mateo Retegui extended his lead at the top of the goalscoring charts from the penalty spot as his 69th-minute spot-kick cancelled out Jesper Karlsson's first-half opener from 12 yards in Bergamo.