Napoli end Lazio’s winning streak with 1-1 draw in Serie A

Napoli ended Lazio’s winning streak with a 1-1 draw on Sunday in the headline match of the eleventh round of Serie A at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. The result took Lazio to 29 points at the top of the table, while Napoli remained tenth on 15 points.

Lazio took the lead in the 28th minute through Davide Frattesi, who finished Tijjani Noslin’s pass into the net. Napoli responded after the break, equalising in the 48th minute with an own goal by Alfonso Pedraza into his own team’s net.

Napoli came close to taking the lead in the 59th minute, but Reda Belahyane cleared the ball before it crossed the goal line, after Kevin De Bruyne went one-on-one following a long pass from goalkeeper Vanja Milinković-Savić.

Napoli entered the match under pressure after defeats to Juventus and Porto, results that led to the team holding a closed training camp. The draw did not satisfy Napoli’s fans, who booed as the players left the pitch, while Lazio dropped their first points away from home in the league this season.

Lazio lead Roma by two points and Inter, who had shared top spot with them, by four, while Napoli are 14 points behind. Roma had beaten Sassuolo 3-0, while Inter were preparing to face Como.