André-Frank Zambo Anguissa’s Napoli moved temporarily to the top of Serie A with a 4-0 win against Cagliari at the Sardegna Arena this Sunday
Antonio Conte’s men continued their impressive run against the Islanders with 10 victories now in 14 encounters.
After a quiet start to the first half, Napoli took the lead inside 18 minutes through marauding centre-back Giovanni Di Lorenzo, whose deflected shot from the edge of the box wrong-footed Simone Scuffet and dribbled into the opposite corner.
Cagliari reacted well, as Paulo Azzi cut inside and unleashed a powerful strike that had to be tipped around the post by Alex Meret just moments later.
After a delay midway through the half, Meret was on hand again to deny Roberto Piccoli’s downward header from close range, as the visitors maintained their half-time advantage.
Cagliari continued to threaten an equaliser early in the second half, as Meret saved Sebastiano Luperto’s diving header before brilliantly tipping Razvan Marin’s long-range strike onto the crossbar.
However, Napoli still possessed a threat themselves on the counter, and the deadly Khvicha Kvaratskhelia slotted cooly past Scuffet to double the Partenopei’s lead.
A horror mistake at the back then allowed the Georgian to set up Romelu Lukaku, who accepted the gift and stroked into the bottom corner for a quickfire third – he has now scored seven goals in eight games against Cagliari.
There was even time for a fourth for the visitors in stoppage time, as Alessandro Buongiorno headed home from a corner to inflict more misery on the hosts, who failed to score for the third time already this season, as they dropped down to second-bottom with only one win in 27 H2Hs against Napoli.
In contrast, the visitors now boast three consecutive league victories under Conte, who maintains a 100% winning record against Cagliari boss Davide Nicola after four meetings.
Zambo Anguissa lasted the duration of the contest and helped protect the back four to ensure the three points also had a clean sheet to complement with.
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