“We Will Continue to Push with This Momentum”- Osimhen after Gli Azzurri Win

Nigeria Worldwide and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen has said that he and his teammates will “hold the momentum” after they returned to the highest of the Italian Serie A desk with a win on Sunday over Bologna

The previous Wolfsburg participant got here off the bench, made positive that Napoli stored maintain of their Serie A lead on Sunday with the successful aim in a 3-2 victory over Bologna which took their all-competitions successful streak to 10 matches.

The ex-LOSC Lille goal man struck within the 69th minute after coming off the bench to safe the win for unbeaten Napoli, who maintained their two-point lead over Atalanta on the prime of the pile.

It was his first league aim since August after serving to his staff to safe qualification to the Champions League final 16 with a midweek strike in Naples in opposition to Ajax.

“It’s all the time vital for me to get a aim on this stadium as a result of the environment is actually superb,” stated Osimhen to DAZN.

“I’m completely satisfied to have the ability to assist the staff with this aim and the victory, and I consider we’ll proceed to push with this momentum.”

Nonetheless Sunday’s win was removed from the swashbuckling show anticipated in opposition to Bologna, who sit seventeenth however come away from the Stadio Maradona with credit score after a fantastic efficiency with out star man Marko Arnautovic.

The hosts appeared to be heading for a routine win as soon as Hirving Lozano put them forward three minutes after half-time.

That they had gone into the break degree because of Juan Jesus bundling in his first aim of the season in closing minute of the half, simply 4 minutes after Joshua Zirkzee had give Bologna a shock lead.

However Alex Meret allowed Musa Barrow to degree for Bologna simply two minutes after Lozano’s arrowed strike with a howler, letting the Gambian’s long-range shot squeeze below his physique.

The house crowd squirmed however Osimhen, who changed Giacomo Raspadori at half-time, compelled his third league aim of the marketing campaign below Lukasz Skorupski from the excellent Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s move to ship the followers house drained however completely satisfied.