Cagliari dominated for long periods before Osimhen rose highest at the back post to head home a left-sided cross from Mario Rui in the 87th minute.
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Having defeated Napoli at the end of November, the Nerazzurri extended their winning run to six games with five further victories in December – against Spezia, Roma, Cagliari, Salernitana and Torino – to finish the year top of the table.
The Partenopei wanted to maintain their 100 per cent record, and had Dries Mertens and Diego Demme back on the bench, but Faouzi Ghoulam and Stanislav Lobotka still injured.
Reports emerged regarding Semplici’s departure and the Casteddu have now confirmed the news on their official website.
Coach Antonio Conte ran onto the pitch to celebrate with his players as the goal restored Inter’s 11-point advantage over second-place AC Milan, which won 3-1 at Parma on Saturday
The Rossoblu sacked Eusebio Di Francesco and replaced him with Semplici, who leaves Serie BSPAL.
The Casteddu’s loss to fellow strugglers Torino proved to be the final straw for Di Francesco, who leaves the club in the relegation zone and five points from safety.
The win meant the league leaders moved three points clear at the top of the standings.
Juventus are fifth with a game in hand and stayed seven points off the top, with AC Milan hoping to reclaim first place when they close Match Day 18 at Cagliari on Monday.
Luis Muriel, Alejandro Gomez, Mario Pasalic, Duvan Zapata and Sam Lammers shared the goals in another hugely-entertaining Atalanta performance.
Second-placed Inter Milan were held to a third successive 1-1 draw on Sunday in their Serie A match against Cagliari.
Serie A champions Juventus beat visiting Cagliari 4-0 with a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick to go three points clear of second-placed Inter Milan.
Juventus defender, Leonardo Bonucci, says his comments about team mate Moise Kean being partly to blame for racist abuse he suffered after scoring at Cagliari on Tuesday were misunderstood.
Juventus forward, Moise Kean, has stood by his goal celebration, saying it was the best way to answer racism.
Juventus teenager Moise Kean appeared to suffer racist abuse but still scored a late goal to give the Turin side a 2-0 win at Cagliari in Serie A on Tuesday.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri was far from satisfied, however, complaining that goals conceded by the team in the last few matches were too many
The tactician was sacked by Chievo toward the end of the season, and arrived in Sardinia this morning to sign his contract.
Karamoh, 19, has been used sparingly since joining on loan from Ligue 1 side Caen in the close of season but scored a stunning goal in the 2-1 win over Bologna in February.
Astori died suddenly at the weekend ahead of La Viola’s meeting with Udinese, leading to mass tributes from the footballing world.
Astori, who made 289 Serie A appearances in 10 seasons, died of a sudden illness on Sunday at the age of 31.