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The Serie A side dominated the opening exchanges but created little in the way of chances, despite some neat interplay between the likes of Leonardo Spinazzola and Matteo Politano.

However, Napoli would take the lead nine minutes before half-time as Kevin De Bruyne slid a pass through for Hojlund, with the ex-Manchester United striker making no mistake from the edge of the box.

The Partenopei went close to scoring again ahead of the interval, with Politano seeing an effort saved by goalkeeper Rui Silva, but Sporting improved following the restart.

When Politano fouled Maximiliano Araujo inside the area, Luis Suarez tucked away the resulting penalty, sending Vanja Milinkovic-Savic the wrong way to level the match.

Yet the Napoli winner came from the same combination again as De Bruyne's header was met with a brave Hojlund header to earn the points.