3 Reasons why Juventus beat Napoli

Midfield control

While De Ligt and Bonucci struggled, Pjanic shone

What kind of midfield control concedes three goals having gone up 3-0? Let's look it in the context of the game.

Two of the three goals came from set pieces. Which doesn't really require Napoli to bypass the Juve midfield, nor does it allow the Juve midfield the opportunity to prevent the goal.

To be fair, the Napoli side was building momentum for a fair part of the second half thanks to some lackadaisical defending that allowed the likes of Fabian Ruiz too much space in the middle of the park. Emre Can's introduction failed to address this threat, almost directly leading to Lozano's goal.

However, apart from a 15-minute spell in the game, Juventus managed to control the game in midfield. Miralem Pjanic ran the game and controlled the tempo. In the end, it was his freekick that Koulibaly poorly cleared into his own net.

Khedira and Matuidi, apart from contributing in nullifying Zielinski and Ruiz's influence, also exerted their attacking prowess at the other end. Khedira was denied by the post on one occasion and Matuide was heavily involved in the build up to two of the goals Juve scored on the day.

Juve have plenty of options in midfield this season, but this one seems the most promising.