(Reuters) - Serie A's runaway leaders Napoli will face another tough test at home against Atalanta on Saturday as Luciano Spalletti's side aim to prove that last week's 1-0 loss against Lazio, which ended their eight-match winning run, was just a blip.
While Napoli are still 15 points ahead of second-placed Inter Milan, another loss could reignite their rivals' fading hopes of catching up with 13 rounds left in the season but Spalletti said his team remained focused.
Napoli will be without the suspended Mario Rui, while Gian Piero Gasperini's Atalanta side will not be able to call on key players Teun Koopmeiners and Davide Zappacosta, who are injured. "Obviously, we could've done more in the league, but we've also done some great things over the past 18 months," Inzaghi said.Juventus hit a speed bump last week in a 1-0 defeat by AS Roma -- their first loss since January -- but they have made up ground since their 15-point deduction to move up to seventh.
Milan received a boost after knocking Tottenham Hotspur out of the Champions League on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2012.
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