Napoli had been sunk 1-0 at Torino by outdated boy Giovanni Simeone on Saturday as they struggled with out the injured Rasmus Hojlund and Scott McTominay, who may each miss out on a Champions League conflict at PSV Eindhoven.
Simeone, who helped Napoli win Serie A in 2023 and final season, netted the one purpose within the thirty second minute of a tense sport in Turin which provides Roma the possibility to exit on their very own on the prime of the league.
The 30-year-old additionally scored the winner in Torino’s 1-0 dwelling victory over Roma in September and he took his third purpose of the season brilliantly, capitalising on a lucky ricochet to skip previous Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Napoli goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic and shoot dwelling.
Noa Lang thought he had snatched some extent for champions Napoli within the third minute of stoppage time, wheeling away in delight after tapping dwelling earlier than his strike was dominated out for the Netherlands attacker straying offside.
Roma host Inter Milan in Saturday’s late match and are stage on 15 factors with Napoli, who drop right down to second by advantage of getting performed a sport extra.
Inter sit three factors behind Roma and Napoli, which means that Cristian Chivu’s group can be first on purpose distinction with a win within the Italian capital.
Napoli coach Antonio Conte needed to do with out in-form striker Hojlund and McTominay who had been disregarded of the squad with respective thigh and ankle accidents suffered in coaching forward of Saturday’s defeat.
Each are doubts for Tuesday’s conflict at PSV, creating extra harm issues for Conte who has already needed to take care of a sequence of bodily issues for his squad this season.
Hojlund, who has scored 3 times for Napoli and netted for Denmark final weekend, was solely signed from Manchester United after Romelu Lukaku suffered a thigh harm which may preserve the Belgium striker out till the brand new 12 months.
Alessandro Buongiorno and Matteo Politano had been solely match for a spot on the bench whereas Stanislav Lobotka and Amir Rrahmani are nonetheless sidelined.
Hojlund could be a giant absence for PSV as he scored each objectives in Napoli’s 2-1 win over Sporting Lisbon earlier this month and Lorenzo Lucca did little up entrance on Saturday.
McTominay was Serie A’s participant of the 12 months and key to Napoli successful their fourth league title final season, however the Scotland midfielder has struggled to impose himself within the early weeks of this marketing campaign following the arrival of Kevin De Bruyne.
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