Napoli drops points on the road in Fiorentina
Napoli let a lead slip away from home in Serie A once again, as Alex Jimenez's second-half strike secured Fiorentina a 1-1 draw.
Billy Gilmour's brilliant finish had sent Napoli ahead midway through the first half, but the visitor could not find a winner after being pegged back by Jimenez, with David de Gea standing firm.
A cagey start opened up in the 17th minute as Arthur Atta raced past Amir Rrahmani and stretched to reach Franco Mastantuono's throughball but fired against the crossbar.
Just moments later, Nicolo Fagioli took aim from just outside the box, and his dipping strike was pushed against the underside of the crossbar by a relieved Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.
Napoli went straight down the other end to respond, and Mathias Olivera's stooping header crashed against the post before De Gea was called into action to tip his follow-up strike over the bar.
But from the resulting corner, Napoli broke the deadlock. Matteo Politano looped his delivery to the unmarked Gilmour on the edge of the box, and he opened his body to side-foot a volley past the unsighted De Gea 23 minutes in.
Olivera fired wide as Napoli failed to add to their tally before the break, and Fiorentina punished them for that as they equalised six minutes into the second half through Jimenez's lovely long-range strike.
The host wase then indebted to De Gea, who made two superb reflex saves; a strong hand denied David Neres, who was given too much space on the left of the box, before he pushed Costantino Favasuli's header over the bar after seeing it late.
