NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) -Napoli were beaten 3-0 at home by Atalanta in Serie A on Saturday as the Italian champions lost further ground in the race for Champions League qualification.

Goals from Aleksei Miranchuk, Gianluca Scamacca and Teun Koopmeiners gave the visitors their first league victory in five games as sixth-placed Atalanta moved up to 50 points. Napoli are seventh, five points behind having played a game more.