Victor Osimhen looks so unstoppable picking from where he left last season, to continue his blistering form following his sublime performance against Juventus as Napoli recorded a 5-1 home win.
The Super Eagles striker striker scored twice and made an assist to help Luciano Spalletti’s side hold firmly hold on to thier top spot on the log, going ten points clear.
Leaders Napoli snapped Juventus’s eight-match Serie A winning streak in spectacular style on Friday, handing Massimiliano Allegri’s men a humiliating 5-1 defeat.
“The team played a great game, kept the pace high,” Napoli’s coach Luciano Spalletti told DAZN.
“It was a beautiful evening, especially because there was a great crowd. The Neapolitans are always behind us but this team was able to recreate love for these colours.”
Napoli went ahead in the 14th minute, after Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny saved a close-range bicycle kick by winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia but failed to deny Victor Osimhen follow-up header.
“This was a deserved defeat, because we went into the game with less energy,’ Allegri said after his 450th clash in Serie A as a manager.”
“The situations we conceded were also fairly easy to read and predict, but sometimes luck is on your side and sometimes it isn’t. We tried to turn it around towards halftime, but Napoli fully deserved (to win).”
Napoli is chasing their first Serie A title since 1990 and are now unbeaten in their last three league matches against Juventus.
It was the first time in almost 20 years that Juventus had conceded five goals in a Serie A match.
The last time they were subjected to such a rout was the 5-1 loss by Pescara in May 1993.
Napoli will play Salernitana, Juventus against Atlanta in next game.
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