NAPOLIST, Italy (AP) — Leonardo Spinazzola and Lorenzo Lucca scored late, and Napoli bounced back from a Champions League defeat at Manchester City, defeating Pisa 3-2 before returning to the top of the Serie A on Monday.
Billy Gilmore scored his first goal of the season just before halftime, and it looked like champion Napoli, who scored a simple victory over the sides that hadn’t won this season.
Naples were glued to a penalty from Mabara Nuzora in the hour, but in the final quarter, Pisa’s hopes vanished.
Spinazzola fired a low shot into the bottom corner to get Napoli back in the 73rd minute, and Lucca took a cute flick from Scott McTominai and slammed the ball in the eighth minute.
Brazilian midfielder Roland converted Pisa’s 90th Samuel Angoli cut, but remained the league’s co-bottom with one point, without a victory in Napoli since 1986.
Napoli’s fourth victory returned to the top of the Serie A, two points ahead of Juventus.
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