Title chasers Atalanta held by Juventus

Atalanta creeped closer to Serie A leaders Napoli on Tuesday after drawing an entertaining match with Juventus 1-1 and moving to within four points of the summit.

Mateo Retegui salvaged a point for Atalanta with a close-range header 12 minutes from the end, not long after returning to action from the bench following four weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.

The Italy striker's finish put him out on his own at the top of the Serie A scoring charts on 13 goals and left Atalanta four points behind Napoli, ahead of the table toppers' crucial trip to Bergamo this coming weekend.

Gian Piero Gasperini's side, who are bidding for their first league title after winning the Europa League last season, are level on 43 points with second-placed Inter Milan.

However, champions Inter have two games in hand on both Atalanta and Napoli and play the first of those fixtures against Bologna at the San Siro on Wednesday.

Tuesday's draw was Atalanta and Juve's rescheduled fixture due to their trip to Saudi Arabia to contest the Italian Super Cup earlier this month.

Juve, without a recognised striker due to an injury crisis which has left both Dusan Vlahovic and Arkadiusz Milik sidelined, opened the scoring through central defender Pierre Kalulu in the 54th minute.

Thiago Motta's side remain unbeaten after a superb performance in which they created as much as, if not more than, Atalanta but have now drawn 13 of their 20 league fixtures and sit fifth, 13 points behind Napoli.