Victor Osimhen was on target as Napoli returned to winning ways by thrashing Udinese 4-1.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was brought down in the box by Festy Obesele and, after viewing the sideline video, the referee awarded a penalty kick which Piotr Zielinski took and finished with aplomb by sending Marco Silvestri the wrong way.
After a dramatic 24 hours where his agent said he was considering suing Napoli over a club social media post, Osimhen got on the scoresheet, taking Politano’s ball in his stride before flicking past Silvestri.
The lead was made three by Kvaratskhelia, who after twice hitting the post, brilliantly flicked the ball over the Udinese keeper and finished from close range.
Udinese got on the scoreboard with a fantastic individual goal from Lazar Samardzic, which saw him dribble past three players before exchanging a pass with Isaac Success then beat another two opponents and find the back of the net.
The relative closeness of the scoreline only lasted two minutes before Kvaratskhelia set up Napoli substitute Giovanni Simeone to restore the three-goal advantage.
Napoli jump up to fifth in table and with Inter’s defeat are only five points off top spot. Udinese drop to third bottom.
