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Monza sent Juventus into deeper crisis on Sunday after beating the Turin giant 1-0 to win its first ever match in Serie A, while Napoli extended their winning streak to five games across all competitions with a victory at AC Milan and reclaimed first place in the Serie A standings.
Christian Gytkjaer scored the winning goal in the second half for Monza’s first win of the season to move off the bottom of the table.
Juventus had Angel di Maria sent off in the first half, the 10th dismissal of the Argentine’s career.
Monza were promoted to Serie A for the first-time last season.
Silvio Berlusconi, a former Italian prime minister, owns the team, which was denied automatic promotion but won the playoffs.
Meanwhile, Juventus’ season has gotten off to a rocky start, and manager Allegri’s job is in jeopardy.
With just two victories in seven games, the team is now in ninth place in Serie A. They have also dropped their first two matches in the Champions League.
Meanwhile, with a victory at AC Milan, Napoli extended their winning streak to five games across all competitions and reclaimed first place in the Serie A standings.
Giovanni Simeone headed a late winner as he directed Mario Rui’s cross into the bottom corner.
The visitors had opened the scoring through a Matteo Politano penalty before Olivier Giroud equalized with his fourth league goal of the season.
Napoli now sit at the top on goal difference, while Milan remains fifth.
After the seventh round of matches in the Italian premier division, Luciano Spalletti’s side was the third club to lead in the standings.
After defeating Inter Milan 3-1 earlier on Sunday, Udinese had a brief lead before Atalanta narrowly defeated Roma 1-0 to take the lead in a match in which Jose Mourinho was dismissed.
The Roma manager was given a red card after yelling at the referee for not giving his team a second-half penalty.
