Napoli did not exploit Milan’s defeat in Florence on Saturday. He also conceded his first loss of the season, beaten 3-2 in Milan by Inter after a superb game.
Led 3-1 by the defending champion after the opener from Piotr Zielinski, Napoli returned to a magnificent strike from Dries Mertens before securing two golden chances at the end of the match to equalize. “His” bad luck was to come across a Samir Handanovic in a state of grace in Inter’s cage.
Napoli and AC Milan still share the top spot. But the two leaders are only four points ahead of Inter who advance again as the big favorites for the conquest of the Scudetto.