'We Need To Improve In The Attack' Spalletti Demands Despite Topping The Table

Written by Dare Solomon

Napoli immediately reclaimed the top spot from AC Milan on Sunday after their 2-0 over Cagliari. The win also ensures they maintain their perfect start to the league with 16 goals from six games.

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Victor Osimhen fired Napoli ahead in the 11th minute when he converted Piotr Zielinski’s cross from the right. And while Cagliari started growing in confidence in the second half, Diego Godin in the box brought down goal scorer Osimhen. Lorenzo Insigne stepped up, converted the penalty and put the game to bed.

Despite all of these Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti will not want his players to see any of it as their best and now demand improvement in the attack.

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“We have already lost. We have already lost in previous years and know how that feels. We lost to Benevento during a friendly this season, because whenever we wear the Napoli jersey, that is an official match,” Spalletti told DAZN.

“What we need to improve is the final third, as we tend to reach the edge of the box and then not break through. That is something we have to work on, transforming all this possession into clear-cut shots on target.”

The Sunday match against Cagliari also sees Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne made is 403th appearance in the colour of the Napoli jersey and was presented with a shirt, numbered 400 on the back from the club’s vice president Edoardo De Laurentiis.

Insigne made his 400th appearance against Juventus on 11 September and currently sits fourth in the club’s all-time appearance ranks, behind Marek Hamsik (520), Giuseppe Bruscolotti (511) and Antonio Juliano (505).

Meanwhile…

Napoli and Nigerian International Victor Osimhen and Karim Benzema of Real Madrid are the most prolific strikers in Europe in the month of September.

The 22 year-old scored six goals in five games across all competitions this month making him the most prolific striker in Europe with Karim Benzema, who has also netted six in five appearances.

According to the numbers from Footballitalia, Erling Haaland has a better minute-to-goal ratio, having scored five goals in just three games, followed by Christopher Nkunku of RB Leipzig who has managed five goals in four appearances across all competitions.

Here are the names of other prolific strikers for the month of September…

Victor Osimhen and Karim Benzema (6 goals in 5 games)

Erling Haaland (5 goals in 3 games)

Christopher Nkunku (5 goals in 4 games)

Marcus Forss (4 goals in one game)

Jay Rodriguez (4 goals in 3 games)

Cristiano Ronaldo, Mattia Destro, Florian Wirtz, Mohamed Salah, Robert Lewandowski (4 goals in 4 games)

Edin Dzeko and Wissam Ben Yedder (4 goals in 5 games)

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