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.
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The Italians lost 3-1 at home in last week’s first leg with a performance that embarrassed coach Maurizio Sarri, although he has emphasised that winning Serie A is the priority.
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
City entered the match knowing that a point would be enough to book their spot in the round of 16, but they collected all three on a night where Sergio Aguero became the club’s all-time leading goalscorer on 178 goals
The match was played on Tuesday night
The reigning champions entered the match with a 3-1 lead from the first leg in Madrid
Lorenzo Insigne sent the visitors into an eighth-minute lead at the Bernabeu
Southampton and Burnley made late deadline-day deals, while Nigeria’s Odion Ighalo moved from Watford to China for £20 million
The game was halted in the 68th minute, following repeated booing from pockets of home support whenever Napoli defender and Senegal international Koulibaly touched the ball
“It was important to win this a game after the (1-0) win in Cesena to improve our standing, which unfortunately in the last three months was poor of results,” Roma goalkeeper, Morgan De Sanctis, said
Gonzalo Higuain’s hat-trick helped Napoli tighten their grip on the last Champions League place in Italy
At the Stadio San Paolo, Arsenal tried to settle into their passing game early but were put under pressure by Napoli’s width when they were forced to defend
Özil scored the opener early and assisted with a second goal from Olivier Giroud as the Gunners took firm control of Group F
It took a quick counter-attack after 19 minutes for Chelsea to break the deadlock, with Schürrle finding space behind Daniel Georgievski and playing a simple pass for substitute, Samuel Eto’o, thrown in instead of injured Fernando Torres, in the area
The Uruguay international has long been linked with an exit from Stadio San Paolo, with the likes of Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester City all previously linked with his signature