Andrea Petagna came off the bench to lead Napoli to a hard-fought 2-1 win in Genoa on Sunday and to give his team a second win in as many games.
Entered eight minutes from time Petagna took the field at the Marassi Stadium in Genoa and spun away two minutes later after his header gave Napoli the decisive goal.
Fabian Ruiz had given Napoli the lead six minutes before half-time when he was sent off by Matteo Politano met with a precise left-footed shot just outside the box.
After testing Alex Meret through Paolo Ghiglione, Genoa thought that a howl from the Napoli goalkeeper would have given Goran Pandev an easy equalizer eight minutes after the restart.
Keywords: