Osimhen Scores 12th League Goal, Provides Assist In Napoli’s Home Loss To Fiorentina

Victor Osimhen scored and got an assist which was not enough as Napoli fell to a 3-2 home defeat to Fiorentina in Sunday’s Serie A game, PlayPlay.ng reports.
It is a blow to Napoli’s title hopes as a win against Fiorentina would have taken Luciano Spalletti’s side to top on the log.
The defeat means Napoli are now in third place on 66 points, same points with Inter and one point behind leaders AC Milan. Both Inter and AC Milan are yet to play.
Osimhen set up Napoli’s equalizer which was scored by Dries Merten before getting the second late in the game which turned out to be a consolation goal.
It is Osimhen’s 12th goal in his second season in the Italian topflight.
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Fiorentina opened scoring in the 29th minute through Nicolas Gonzalez who slotted in with a great finish inside the box.
In the 58th minute Napoli equalized thanks to Dries Mertens who was picked out just outside the box.
But just eight minutes after Napoli equalizer, Fiorentina were back in front through Jonathan Ikone.
Napoli poured forward for the equalizer but conceded again this time in the 73rd minute as Arthur Cabral went in a superb curler.
In the 84th minute Osimhen reduced the deficit after bringing the ball down with his chest and fired past the Fiorentina keeper.
All efforts to salvage at least a point was not to be as Fiorentina held on to claim the three points.
And in another Serie A game, Isaac Success helped Udinese defeat Venezia that paraded Nigerian duo Tyronne Ebuehi and David Okereke.
While it is now back-to-back wins for Udinese, it is a sixth consecutive defeats for Venezia who are in 18th place on 22 points, just three points from safety.
Success came on in the 69th while Okereke was introduced in the 58th minute. Ebuehi who was on from the start for Venezia came off on 58 minutes.
By James Agberebi
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