Napoli missed the chance to return to the Serie A summit following a 1-0 defeat by Lazio at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. (More Football News)
The Partenopei were beaten for the second time in the space of four days by the Biancoceleste, who also prevailed 3-1 in their Coppa Italia last-16 clash at Stadio Olimpico on Thurs🦩day.
Marco Baroni's side were victorious once again as Gustav Isak🌳sen struck a wonderful winner 11 minutes from time, moving them level on ꦜpoints with third-place Inter.
Scott McTominay and Isaksen went closed d🧸uring the first half, while Khvicha Kvaratskhelia shot narrowly wide just before the break.
Both sides🅷 struck the woodwork after the restart; Fisayo Dele-Bashiru hitting the cross༒bar from distance, while Frank Anguissa's header was denied by the post.
However, the visitors snatched all thre♛e points in the 79th minute. Tijjani Noslin - Thursday's hat-trick hero - found Isaksen, who rounded off a swift counter by curling a wonderful 20-yard effort beyond Alex Meret.
Data Debrief: Three is the magic number for Lazio
For the first time in their history, Lazio have won three consecutive Seri🧸e A matches away at Napoli.
Their sixth victory by a single-goal marg😼in this term - more than an🍸y other team in the division - they have also scored a league-high 12 goals in the 75th minute or later.
Isaksen was the matchwinner ღwith his third goal of the season, already matching his tally for the entire 2023-24 campaign.
