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Higuain sinks Serie A leader Fiorentina
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 19 - 10 - 2015

Gonzalo Higuain struck two minutes after Nikola Kalinic had equalized to give resurgent Napoli a 2-1 win over Serie A leaders Fiorentina in a passionate match Sunday.
Surprise package Sassuolo won again when a controversial penalty converted by Domenico Berardi and Simone Missiroli's close range goal set them on they way to a 2-1 win over Lazio, which replied through Felipe Anderson.
Fiorentina lead with 18 points from eight games, one ahead of AS Roma and two clear of Inter Milan. Napoli, Sassuolo and Lazio are joint third on 15.
Genoa overcame Chievo 3-2 with a stoppage time goal by Panagiotis Tachtstidis despite playing for the last 35 minutes with 10 men after Blerim Dzemaili was sent off.
Luca Paganini and Federico Dionisi scored twice in two minutes to give Serie A debutant Frosinone its second win of the campaign as it beat Sampdoria 2-0.
A close-range goal by Franco Vazquez gave Palermo a 1-0 win at bottom club Bologna and Atalanta overcame Carpi 3-0.
Celta Vigo goes joint top
Celta Vigo moved level with Real Madrid and Barcelona at the top of La Liga, thanks to Nolito's last-minute winner in a 2-1 victory at 10-man Villarreal Sunday.
Atletico Madrid is now within two points of the leaders as Antoine Griezmann and Yannick Ferreira Carrasco handed them a controversial 2-0 win at nine-man Real Sociedad.

Newcastle gets league win at last
Dutchman Giorginio Wijnaldum scored four times as Newcastle United won its first Premier League match of the season at the ninth attempt by beating Norwich City 6-2 to climb off the bottom of the table Sunday.
Newcastle scored more goals in 90 minutes at St James' Park than it had managed in its previous four league matches with Ayoze Perez and Aleksandar Mitrovic also finding the net.
The victory lifted it on to six points and 18th place leaving Aston Villa (4 points) and Sunderland (3) below them. Norwich, promoted this season, slipped back from 15th to 16th.
Hannover wins at Cologne
Leon Andreasen scored with his arm to give Hannover a controversial 1-0 win at Cologne in the Bundesliga, denying the home side the chance to go fourth Sunday.
Daniel Didavi's second half-strike was enough for Stuttgart to climb off the bottom with a 1-0 win over promoted Ingolstadt in the late game.
That too was an irregular goal with TV replays showing Didavi was in an offside position before he slid in to convert Florian Klein's shot in the 59th minute.
Bayern Munich leads by seven points after starting the season with a Bundesliga record nine victories.


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