Napoli moved prime of Serie A following a routine 2-0 win over Monza at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

First-half targets from Matteo Politano and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia did the trick for Antonio Conte’s facet, who leapfrogged Juventus to the summit of the desk.

The hosts broke via within the twenty second minute as Politano rounded off a robust run by drilling a low shot past Stefano Turati within the Monza purpose.

The guests had been then victims of their very own downfall as Napoli doubled their lead 11 minutes later.

Turati move out from the again went straight to Frank Anguissa, who then mixed with Scott McTominay to arrange Kvaratskhelia to volley residence.

Although Monza improved within the second half, they had been unable to actually hassle Napoli, who held out for the three factors and their fourth clear sheet of the marketing campaign.

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Knowledge Debrief: Politano matches Zapata and Dybala

Napoli are again on the Serie A summit for the primary time because the last day of the Scudetto-winning season of 2022-23.

Politano obtained the ball rolling as he turned certainly one of 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 purpose involvement (three targets, 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 purpose, and have recorded three successive clear sheets in Serie A for the primary time since February 2023.