Dusan Vlahovic was again on target for Fiorentina on Sunday but couldn’t help them put pressure on Serie A’s Champions League positions following an entertaining 2-2 draw with Sassuolo.Serbia forward Vlahovic struck his 16th league goal of the season in the 51st minute in Florence to pull a goal back after the Viola trailed by two at half-time through strikes from Gianluca Scamacca and Davide Frattesi.Lucas Torreira levelled just after the hour mark but Vincenzo Italiano’s side then lost Cristiano Biraghi to a second yellow card in the 68th minute and couldn’t complete a comeback which would have put them within three points of the top four.Instead Fiorentina sit sixth, level on 31 points with Roma and Juventus and five away from Napoli, who are fourth and face AC Milan at the San Siro in Sunday’s late match.Injury-struck derby in Italy – they must not let Inter slip awayVlahovic, who will turn 22 next month, has now scored 33 Serie A goals in 2021 and is expected to be a target for some of Europe’s biggest clubs in the January transfer window.He has refused to sign an extension to his current contract which expires in the summer of 2023, meaning Fiorentina could move to cash in early in order to get maximum value from their star player.SERIE A – ROUND 18FridayLazio – Genoa 3-1 (1-0)/Pedro 36, Accerbi 7, Zaccagni 81/Salernitana – Inter 0-5 (0-2)/Perisic 11, Dumfries 33, Sanchez 52, Martinez 78, Gagliardini 87/Saturday Atalanta – Roma 1-4 (1-2)/Muriel 45+1 – Abraham 1, 82, Zaniolo 27, Smalling 72/Bologna – Juventus 0-2 (0-1)/Morata 6, Cuadrado 69/Cagliari – Udinese 0-4 (0-2)/Makengo 4, Deulofeu 45, 69, Molina 50/Sunday Fiorentina – Sassuolo 2-2 (0-2)/Vlahovic 51, Torreira 61 – Scamacca 32, Frattesi 37/Spezia – Empoli 0-0 IN PROGRESS20:00 Sampdoria – Venezia20:00 Torino – Hellas Verona22:45 Milan – Napoli***odds are subject to change
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