It was a poor start as Napoli took the lead inside two minutes: Di Lorenzo played a ball over the top and Politano capitalised on some uncertain defending from Pavlović and Hernández, firing home with his left foot. We tried to respond: in the eleventh minute, Walker pulled the ball back for Abraham, who missed the target. Napoli threatened on the quarter-hour mark, with Gabbia beating Neres to a Politano cross and, from the resulting corner, Anguissa flicking just wide. The Partenopei doubled their lead in the 19th minute as Gilmour found Lukaku, who scuffed his finish into the net. Maignan then pushed an effort from Anguissa over the bar (22’), while Neres volleyed wide ten minutes later. At the other end, with half-time approaching, Fofana fired over (via a deflection) and a Reijnders free-kick was blocked.

Napoli looked happy to contain AC Milan, who were trying to get back into the match. Leão was heavily involved, with the Portuguese man leading an unsuccessful attack in the 55th minute and then setting up Gimenez four minutes later, only for the Mexican to fire over. With 64 minutes on the clock, a low Pavlović strike was saved by Meret. In the 69th minute, we wasted a huge opportunity: Hernández was brought down in the box by Billing, but Gimenez’s penalty was saved by Meret. The Napoli goalkeeper then thwarted Pavlović in the 79th minute, but the Diavolo did pull one back with six minutes of normal time to go: Leão found Hernández, whose low cross was converted by Jović. Reijnders and Jović then both had late attempts, but both lacked precision.

Full-time.

Goals: 2' Politano (N), 19' Lukaku (N), 84' Jović (M)