Abraham scores late as Roma denies wasteful Napoli
A wasteful Napoli was held to a 2-2 draw at home by Roma in Serie A, with a late Tammy Abraham header securing a point for the visitors.
The visitors took the lead from the penalty spot a minute before the hour mark, with Paulo Dybala converting after Juan Jesus fouled Sardar Azmoun.
However, Napoli equalised six minutes later through Matias Olivera's deflected shot, and completed the turnaround with its own penalty six minutes from time as Victor Osimhen tucked away after Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was felled by Renato Sanches.
The hosts could not hold on, though, and were pegged back with two minutes to go. Substitute Abraham's header from a corner was eventually awarded after a VAR review after he had initially been ruled offside. It was the Englishman's first goal since returning from injury.
Napoli remains eighth on the Serie A table with 50 points, the exact amount it had registered after its opening 19 games of last season, when it was crowned champion.
Daniele De Rossi acknowledged his Roma team may be tired, but he insisted it must not allow itself to be embarrassed.
There is also the small matter of a UEFA Europa League semi-final against Bundesliga champion Bayer Leverkusen on the cards over the coming weeks, and De Rossi set the stall out after the draw with Napoli.
"We drew, it is not a result to throw away, but it is not the result or the performance that we wanted," he said.
"At times you can steal the ball off Napoli, but we then gave it back again too many times. Napoli had a lot of chances in the first half, we did better in the second, but we have to do better.
"Look, we are tired, but we cannot start thinking that we’re tired and that means we can be embarrassed in the final few weeks of the season."
Roma hosts Leverkusen before taking on Juventus on 6 (AEST), with a crunch clash against Atalanta, which is also into the UEFA Europa League semi-finals, set to follow after the away leg against Xabi Alonso's team.
Key to a successful end to the campaign for Roma will be keeping Dybala fit.
The Argentinean has been involved in the joint-most goals (12) in Serie A since the turn of the year, scoring nine and setting up three, level with Juventus frontman Dusan Vlahovic.
