The Partenopei are the form team in European football right now, despite missing Amir Rrahmani and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, with Victor Osimhen available on the bench.
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The Partenopei welcomed back Osimhen for his first start since November 21 when he suffered multiple facial fractures.
The hosts are said to have handed the visitors a taste of their own medicine. Free-scoring Atalanta, last season’s top-scorers with 98 goals, had netted 13 goals in winning their first three games but had no answer to Napoli’s attacks in an extraordinary first half.
Osimhen, who was handed his first start for Partenopei, was denied the opportunities to wreak havoc.
Fabinho was injured in a collision with Napoli winger Hirving Lozano and the midfielder limped down the tunnel in the 19th minute as Klopp took off the Brazilian and replaced him with Georginio Wijnaldum.
Team captain Luuk De Jong struck a late equaliser for PSV Eindhoven as they drew 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.
The victory has moved Juan Carlos Osorio’s side onto six points in Group F, and they are now in a strong position to book their spot in the knockout round of the competition
Juan Carlos Osorio’s side stunned Germany in their opening game, with Hirving Lozano’s superb strike sealing a 1-0 win and another three points would secure their spot in the last 16.
Mexico put everything into a relentless first-half display which saw Hirving Lozano give his nation the lead and although Germany came on strong after the break, Juan Carlos Osorio’s team held on to register a famous win to give themselves every chance of progressing from Group F.