Napoli survived an evening of chaos to grab a dramatic 3-2 victory away to Genoa, with Rasmus Hojlund scoring twice and Scott McTominay additionally discovering the web in a breathless Serie A contest.
The guests endured a nightmare begin when Alessandro Buongiorno’s early error led to a penalty inside 15 seconds, which Ruslan Malinovskyi transformed.
Napoli responded brilliantly, turning the sport round in a frantic spell as Hojlund tapped in after Justin Bijlow parried McTominay’s effort, earlier than McTominay himself thundered dwelling a long-range strike moments later.
Regardless of his aim, McTominay was struggling bodily and was pressured off at half-time, disrupting Napoli’s momentum.
Genoa capitalised after the break when Buongiorno was once more caught out, permitting Lorenzo Colombo to surge via midfield and drill dwelling the equaliser.
Napoli continued to push ahead however had been dealt one other setback when Juan Jesus was despatched off for a second yellow card, leaving Conte’s aspect to play the closing levels with 10 males.
The decisive second arrived deep into stoppage time when Maxwel Cornet fouled Antonio Vergara within the field. After a VAR overview, a penalty was awarded and Hojlund held his nerve, his scuffed effort squirming below Bijlow’s hand to safe a exceptional win.
The end result ended Genoa’s unbeaten run and handed Napoli a significant three factors, achieved the arduous manner after surviving accidents, defensive errors and relentless late stress.
Guirassy strikes late in Dortmund win
Borussia Dortmund saved the stress on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich with a hard-earned 2-1 victory away to Wolfsburg on Saturday courtesy of Serhou Guirassy’s late winner.
The guests took the lead simply earlier than half-time when Julian Brandt capitalised on sustained stress, rising to fulfill a well-delivered nook and guiding his header previous the Wolfsburg goalkeeper to provide Dortmund a deserved benefit.
Wolfsburg responded quickly after the restart as Konstantinos Koulierakis powered dwelling a header from a set-piece to attract the hosts stage, however Dortmund regained management late on.
Guirassy struck the decisive aim within the closing levels, ending from shut vary after a swift transfer to safe all three factors.
