All eyes were on Lorenzo Insigne, who was presented with a gift before kick-off ahead of his move to MLS side Toronto, but he had to wait for his moment after Osimhen opened the scoring with a headed finish from Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s whipped cross in the 32nd-minute.
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Osimhen suffered multiple facial fractures after a clash of heads with Inter defender Milan Skriniar on Saturday.
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.
The game in Seville was decided by a Thorgan Hazard scorcher from distance, although goalkeeper Rui Patricio – on the verge of a move to Roma – could perhaps have done better after taking a step the wrong way.
Osimhen, who was out of action for a few weeks due to head injury, ensured his presence was instantly felt after replacing Dries Mertens in the 53rd minute.
The striker replaced Andrea Petagna in the 65th minute but was a shadow of himself while the game lasted.
Osimhen, who was handed his first start for Partenopei, was denied the opportunities to wreak havoc.
Few could have predicted the impact that Osimhen would have in Ligue 1 when he arrived at Lille from Charleroi for €12 million (£11m/$13m) in August 2019.
Napoli’s Dries Mertens scored two minutes from time to give his second-placed side a 3-2 win over Bologna after the struggling visitors twice fought back to equalise on Saturday.
An eye-catching volley from Dries Mertens ended Panama’s resistance two minutes after the restart, and Manchester United striker Lukaku followed with two tidy finishes of his own to make the scoreline more convincing
Dries Mertens equalised for Belgium after Bryan Ruiz opened the scoring before striker Lukaku took his international tally to 36 in 69 matches with a volley and header either side of half-time.
Napoli’s title challenge appeared to be petering out after Dries Mertens saw his penalty kick saved early in the second half and Mariusz Stepinski put Chievo ahead with 17 minutes left.
Lazio scored five goals for the second league game in a row as they hammered Chievo 5-1 in spite of an injury to Serie A top-scorer Ciro Immobile