Rasmus Hojlund's penalty conversion deep into stoppage time secured three points for Napoli in a hard-fought encounter with Genoa at the Stadio Ferraris.
The hosts took an early lead when Ruslan Malinovskyi steered home from the penalty spot but Napoli picked themselves up and flipped the scoreline with a quick-fire one-two midway through the half. Hojlund netted the first when he pounced on the rebound following Scott McTominay's powerful angled drive from outside the box. The Scot then made it 2-1 with a curling finish from even further out.
In the second half Lorenzo Colombo equalised for Genoa and Napoli were reduced to ten men when Juan Jesus was given his marching orders with 15 minutes left to play. However, the Azzurri snatched victory in added time after Antonio Vergara was brought down in the box and our Danish striker made it count from 12 yards.
Genoa 2-3 Napoli (HT 1-2)
Scorers: Malinovskyi 3 (pen), Hojlund 20, McTominay 22, Colombo 57, Hojlund 90+5 (pen).
GENOA: Bijlow; Marcandalli, Ostigard, Vásquez; Norton-Cuffy, Malinovskyi (Masini 74), Ellertsson, Frendrup, Martín (Messias 74), Vitinha (Cornet 89), Colombo (Ekuban 64).
Coach: De Rossi.
NAPOLI: Meret; Rrahmani, Buongiorno (Beukema 60), Juan Jesus; Gutierrez, Lobotka, McTominay (Giovane 46, Olivera 77), Spinazzola; Vergara, Elmas; Hojlund.
Coach: Conte.
Referee: Massa.
Booked: Meret, Vasquez, Marcandalli, Spinazzola.
Sent off: Juan Jesus 78.
