TURIN, Italy :Juventus missed the chance to move top of the Serie A standings when they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Atalanta on Saturday, coming from behind to equalise but unable to find a late winner when the visitors were down to 10 men.

A second successive draw for the hosts, after opening the season with three wins, gives defending champions Napoli the opportunity to move further ahead, as Juventus failed to beat Atalanta at home for the eighth consecutive league game.

Juventus remain second in the standings on 11 points, one behind Napoli who are away to AC Milan on Sunday, while Atalanta are fifth on nine points.

The hosts went on the attack from the off, with Pierre Kalulu's early header coming off the upright and minutes later Teun Koopmeiners charged into the area befor

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