Simone Inzaghi's side got here back from Piotr Zielinski's effective early strike to close the gap on each Napoli and AC Milan, who misplaced four-3 at Fiorentina on Saturday, in a breathless stumble upon at the San Siro.
Hakan Calhanoglu levelled the scores from the penalty spot halfway via the primary half.
Ivan Perisic's header just earlier than the spoil and Lautaro Martinez's clever end after a heart-pounding upfield surge from Joaquin Correa made sure of the factors and a three-manner name race even extra exciting.
"It changed into a completely important sport for us looking on the league table," stated Martinez to DAZN.
"We were playing well however every every now and then the result is not the right one for us, however nowadays the crew performed with depth and character."
Napoli, who additionally scored via Dries Mertens with 11 mins left, misplaced their unbeaten league report simply as Milan did in Florence after Samir Handanovic pulled off a miracle keep to disclaim Mario Rui's header in stoppage time.
Mertens then wasted a gilt-edged risk to snatch an not likely point with seconds ultimate while he skied Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa's best move, absolutely unmarked and at point-clean variety.
To make topics worse for Napoli, Luciano Spalletti additionally had to look at two of his players come off worse in clashes of heads.
Star striker Victor Osimhen had to leave the field 10 minutes after the wreck after he and Milan Skriniar thumped into each different, with Napoli revealing past due on Sunday that the Nigeria attacker had suffered "more than one fractures" of his left cheekbone and eye socket.
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