Napoli 4-2 Ajax: Serie A side hit four past Dutch champions to make it through to knockout stages of Champions League

Napoli made it four successive Champions League victories as they overcame Ajax 4-2 at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, securing their qualification for the knockout stages. Goals from Hirving Lozano, Giacomo Raspadori, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen were enough to give Luciano Spaletti's side all three points as they remain top of Group A with two matches to play, while Davy Klaassen and Steven Bergwijn netted what would prove to be consolations for Ajax.

Ad Alfred Schreuder's side struggled to keep pace with the Italian side as Kvaratskhelia continued his hot streak of form off the left wing. Ballon d'OrMessi, Ronaldo, Zidane, Platini — previous winners of the Ballon d’Or9 HOURS AGO The Dutch champions are left still in third, increasingly less likely of qualifying for the next round.

Spaletti's men flew out of the blocks, with a 'Chucky' Lozano header on four minutes opening the scoring after some excellent interplay between the Mexican and Piotr Zielinski, who delivered an exquisite dinked pass to set up the winger. Giacomo Raspadori rattled in a second with just over 15 minutes played; a fierce left-footed strike inside Remko Pasveer's near post, leaving the goalkeeper shell-shocked as Kvaratskhelia showed good awareness to pick out the striker, who finished ruthlessly.

Klaassen nodded home with the second half only four minutes old to halve the deficit after a good pick-out from Calvin Bassey, but Napoli's two-goal lead was restored as Kvaratskhelia dispatched a penalty on 62 minutes after VAR confirmed a Jurrien Timber handball. It wasn't as if Ajax didn't have their chances: Steven Bergwijn tested Alex Meret with a deflected effort that also saw a Steven Berghuis curler whistle narrowly over in the