Napoli moved high of Serie A following a routine 2-0 win over Monza at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
First-half objectives from Matteo Politano and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia did the trick for Antonio Conte’s aspect, who leapfrogged Juventus to the summit of the desk.
The hosts broke by within the twenty second minute as Politano rounded off a powerful run by drilling a low shot past Stefano Turati within the Monza objective.
The guests had been then victims of their very own downfall as Napoli doubled their lead 11 minutes later.
Turati go out from the again went straight to Frank Anguissa, who then mixed with Scott McTominay to arrange Kvaratskhelia to volley house.
Although Monza improved within the second half, they had been unable to actually bother Napoli, who held out for the three factors and their fourth clear sheet of the marketing campaign.
10 – Matteo Politano is among the solely three gamers to have scored in every of the final 10 Serie A seasons (since 2015/16) with Duván Zapata and Paulo Dybala. Continuity.#NapoliMonza pic.twitter.com/eH3Yv94Gbt
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Knowledge Debrief: Politano matches Zapata and Dybala
Napoli are again on the Serie A summit for the primary time for the reason that remaining day of the Scudetto-winning season of 2022-23.
Politano received the ball rolling as he grew to become one in all solely three gamers to attain in every of the final 10 Serie A seasons, together with Duvan Zapata and Paulo Dybala.
Kvaratskhelia doubled the lead with what was his fifth direct objective involvement (three objectives, two assists) of the marketing campaign, a tally solely bettered by AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic (six).
The Partenopei have now gone 388 minutes with out conceding a objective, and have recorded three successive clear sheets in Serie A for the primary time since February 2023.
