Napoli fell horribly at home after being heavily beaten by Atalanta with a score of 0-3 and honestly I didn't think something like this would happen. The reason is that Napoli are quite good and even if they lost it wouldn't be embarrassing like this, but it seems that Atalanta didn't show any mercy and they broke into Napoli's goal so easily. One thing I realized from this match was how Napoli's defense was so weak that Atalanta easily knocked them out in front of the fans' support.
This result made Napoli fail to shorten the points gap from Atalanta and meanwhile for Atalanta they succeeded in stealing points and widening the points gap from Napoli.
This defeat contributes to a nightmare season for Napoli. Even they have very small opportunity to join top four, they still hoped for joining it after were kicked out of Champions League by Barcelona. This defeat breaks that hope and they have to return to realisty that they will end this season with very poor performances and results after all.
The last season was sweet but this season is very bitter for Napoli. Now they will have to adjust their target, from top four to lower positions that can help them to join Europa League or Conference League next season.
Now Atalanta is getting closer to Roma, who are only separated by 1 point, but at least Atalanta has the advantage of playing fewer matches considering that Roma will have their 30th match on April 1 against Lecce.
Race amongst Bologna, Roma, and Atalanta for a fourth position is very exciting. They don't have big gaps with each other and with 9 match days, many things in rankings of these clubs can be changed.