💣 Napoli run riot, 4-0 v Cremonese! McTominay, KDB, Alisson and OG 🤯 | OneFootball

Napoli dominate Cremonese with 25 shots to 7 and win with a clear 4-0: the decisive goals come from McTominay (3'), Terracciano's own goal from a Hojlund shot (45'), and strikes by De Bruyne (45'+3) and Alisson Santos (52') in a match that was never in doubt from the start.

The Partenopei move up to 69 points in sole possession of 2nd place, awaiting the result of Milan-Juve on Sunday evening. Cremonese remain on 28 points as they wait for Verona-Lecce.

In the first half Napoli shoot 13 times (a season record for the club) while Cremonese never even try. McTominay shoots 6 times (a personal record) and scores after 3' with a low angled finish; Hojlund at 45' burns past Baschirotto and shoots from the edge of the box, with Terracciano's deflection resulting in the 2-0 own goal. Deep into stoppage time, McTominay keeps the ball alive in the box with an acrobatic touch, Maleh collects it, but KDB steals it from him and makes it 3-0.

At the start of the second half Cremonese push forward and Alisson Santos immediately makes it 4-0 with a 60-meter counterattack finished by a shot from outside the box. Napoli keep pushing, Rrahmani hits the crossbar and Elmas wins a penalty: McTominay misses from the spot, his shot saved by Audero.

📊 Napoli DOMINANCE: 25 shots, 10 from McTominay

FULL-TIME - Napoli finish with 25 shots, 10 of them taken by McTominay. Cremonese only shoot in the second half, with 7 attempts, most of them coming late in the match.

❌ McTominay misses a penalty, Giovane 😓

82ND MINUTE - Elmas shoots from outside the box, Grassi handles the ball, and the referee awards a penalty. Stepping up to the spot is McTominay, but he hits it too softly and not very close to the corner either: Audero saves.

This was Luca Marelli's verdict on the penalty given: "Grassi was punished for an extra movement even though his arm was along his body". On the pitch, Giovane's expression showed he would have liked to take the penalty.

RANDOM STATS: this was McTominay's 1st penalty taken in Serie A.

😱 Alisson Santos makes it 4-0: Cremonese caught unbalanced ⚠️

52ND MINUTE - Cremonese send 7 men forward, Milinkovic wins the ball back and immediately releases Alisson Santos: the Brazilian runs 60 meters with the ball at his feet, dribbles past Luperto and shoots through his legs from the edge of the box: it's 4-0.

RANDOM STATS: Alisson Santos ends a 5-match "drought": his longest in Serie A from January to today.

📊 13 shots to 0 in the 1st half: Napoli season record

HALF-TIME - Napoli had 13 shots (5 on target) in the first half against Cremonese: it's a season record for the Partenopei. For the Grigiorossi, meanwhile, 0xG created.

💣 Napoli go 3-0 up in 3': own goal + KDB! Scott's acrobatics 🤯

45TH MINUTE - Hojlund powers past Baschirotto's marking, drives to the edge of the area and shoots: Terracciano heavily deflects the ball, leaving Audero with no chance, and Napoli make it 2-0.

45+3 MINUTE - McTominay keeps a cross that was almost out of play alive with a sensational acrobatic effort, Maleh gathers the ball in the box but De Bruyne steals it from him and scores the 3-0 from close range.

RANDOM STATS: this is De Bruyne's 1st open-play goal in Serie A.

RANDOM STATS: It is his 100th goal in Europe's top five leagues: since his debut in these competitions (2012/13), only Marco Reus (120) had already reached this milestone among midfielders. Opta reports this.

🤯 Another McTominay shot: 6 in 38'! Season record

38TH MINUTE - A powerful central run from McTominay cuts through Cremonese, but the Scotsman's shot from outside the box goes wide.

He has had 6 attempts (3 off target and 3 on target) in the 1st half: it is a Serie A season record for a midfielder, according to DAZN.

💪 Napoli dominate early on but Cremonese settle down

24TH MINUTE - Napoli shoot 6 times in the first 8 minutes and come close to scoring on 3 occasions through McTominay (twice) and Hojlund (once). Around the 15th minute, Cremonese recover and stop suffering every time the Azzurri have possession.

💣 McTominay: 1-0 after 3'! Matches last season's goal tally

3RD MINUTE - McTominay, after missing a chance in front of Audero in the 2nd minute, finds the goal from outside the box: pass from De Bruyne, control outside the area and a low angled shot into the corner.

RANDOM STATS: 13th goal for McTominay this season in all competitions, matching last season's total.

2ND MINUTE - Wonderful backheel assist from Hojlund for McTominay's run, leaving him one-on-one with Audero, but the goalkeeper makes a great save to deny the goal.

🗣️ Conte: "The lads understood after the Lazio defeat"

Speaking to DAZN before the match, Antonio Conte discussed the defeat to Lazio: "I'm sure I have intelligent players, and they were the first to understand certain things that didn't work in the last match. We had 70% possession, but the problem is that we were caught on several counterattacks and we weren't effective in front of goal. It can happen. We talked about it, the lads understand"

He then commented on tonight's match: "It will be a tricky game, Cremonese are a team that need points and we'll have to be very careful both in attack and not to get caught on the counter. They've put in Okereke, who is quite a quick player".

✅ OFFICIAL lineups

NAPOLI (3-4-2-1): Milinkovic; Rrahmani, Buongiorno, Olivera; Politano, Lobotka, McTominay, Gutierrez; De Bruyne, Alisson Santos; Hojlund.

CREMONESE (4-4-2): Audero; Terracciano, Baschirotto, Luperto, Pezzella; Floriani Mussolini, Bondo, Payero, Maleh; Bonazzoli, Okereke.

Napoli are without Di Lorenzo, Neres, Vergara and Lukaku. Cremonese are missing Vardy and Moumbagna.

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