Napoli’s Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia once again stole the show as the Serie A leaders defeated Spezia 3-0 to increase their lead to a massive 16 points.
Two minutes after the break on the Italian Riviera, wing wizard Kvaratskhelia gave Napoli the lead from the penalty spot before Osimhen scored twice to bring his league total to 16.
Osimhen, a Super Egales forward, doubled Napoli’s advantage in the 68th minute by capitalising on a defensive blunder. Five minutes later, he finished easily after Mattia Caldara passed directly to Kvaratskhelia on the edge of his own box.
“All the victories are important, we need to keep the momentum and try to win all games,” said Osimhen to Sky in Italy.
“It is not going to be easy of course, Serie A is a very competitive league and we have to be on top of our game. We go back, we prepare for the next game, that is the most important thing.”
Osimhen ended the day on top of the world after beginning it going into to the stands at the Stadio Picco to apologise to a woman fan who hit with a off-target pre-match practice shot.
The 23-year-old hugged the woman and posed for selfies before going on to continue Napoli’s unstoppable looking title charge.
“I think she was looking at her phone, the ball hit her in the face and I felt so sorry, as I didn’t mean to do that,” added Osimhen.
“I had to show my appreciation and say sorry for that.”
Luciano Spalletti’s side will be at least 13 points clear come the end of the day as their closest challengers Inter Milan host ailing champions AC Milan in Sunday’s late match.
Spezia stay 17th, five points above Verona who are just inside the relegation zone and host Lazio on Monday evening.
AFP
