Naples stumbled on the Cremonese for a long time before knocking out the promoted at the end of the match (4-1) to regain the lead of Serie A alone by taking advantage of the points abandoned by Atalanta Bergamo (2nd) in Udine (2-2 ), Sunday during the 9th day. La Cremonese, promoted badly ranked (19th) still in search of a victory, resisted until the last quarter of an hour at home, thanks to the equalizer snatched by Cyriel Dessers (47th), first goal in Italy of the ex-Feyenoord striker, top scorer last season in the Europa League Conference.
But Naples, who opened the scoring in the first period on a penalty from Matteo Politano (26th), confirmed that he had resources in attack. Giovanni Simeone, who entered shortly before the hour mark, gave Napoli the lead with a header (76′). And while the Cremonese pushed to try to snatch a new equalizer, they cracked for good on a counter in additional time, concluded by another entrant, Hirving Lozano (90 + 3rd), then on yet another Neapolitan rush of Mathias Olivera (90 + 5th). Still undefeated with seven wins and two draws, with the best attack in Serie A (22 goals) as in the Champions League (13 goals), Naples is the only leader with two points ahead of Atalanta and three over Udinese and AC Milan.
