Victor Osimhen was on target for Napoli in their match against Bologna, after being out of play for a while due to an injury.
The Nigerian international went on to score the winner of the game, and it started to look like the hosts were only going to grab a point from the match.
Napoli were favorites and they started strongly against Bologna who is just about relegation. Many Napoli attempts were blocked in the first 15 minutes of the match.
In the 23rd minute, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Two minutes later, Mário Rui (Napoli) hits the bar with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left.
Napoli could have been four goals up already, but they kept missing, as Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli) left-footed shot from outside the box is saved in the center of the goal.
In the 41st minute, the visitors (Bologna) steal a goal, as Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna)left-footedd shot from the center of the box to the center of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Cambiaso.
Just before the halftime whistle goes off, Napoli equalized when Juan Jesus fired a beautiful ball from the center of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
For the second half, Hirving Lozano and Victor Osimhen came on to spice up the game. The substitute Lozano scored three minutes later to put the hosts in front.
Bologna replied almost immediately with a counter and Barrow fired for outside the box, leveling the game for the visitors.
In the 69th minute, Osimhen scored the winner, tapping the ball not the top right corner from a Khvicha Kvaratskhelia pass.
Napoli have overtaken Ademola Lookman’s Atalanta as leaders of the Italian elite division.
Interestingly, the Naples-based team are yet to lose any of their matches in the league so far and should they continue this fine form, they will be in pole position to emerge as Serie champions at the end of the 2022-23 campaign.
