Napoli’s title hopes suffered another blow as they were beaten 2-1 by promoted Como at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia on Sunday. Antonio Conte’s side missed the chance to reclaim top spot in Serie A as Assane Diao’s fine strike extended the visitors’ winless streak to four matches.
Having been overtaken at the summit by Inter on Saturday, Napoli made a nightmare start when Amir Rrahmani gifted the lead to Como in the seventh minute. The Kosovan centre back attempted a back pass from Matteo Politano’s throw-in, but with goalkeeper Alex Meret out of position, the ball bounced into an empty net.
Ten minutes later, the Napoli forward Giacomo Raspadori pounced on some sloppy defending to slot the ball past the Como keeper, Jean Butez, and level things up. Napoli could not push on in the second half, and were punished in the 77th minute, when winger Assane Diao fired home a stunning finish from Nico Paz’s precise pass.
Defending champions Inter, who defeated Genoa 1-0 on Saturday, stay a point clear at the top, while third-placed Atalanta can move to within two points of Napoli with victory at Empoli on Sunday evening. The top two meet at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona next Saturday in a potentially decisive game in the title race.
