Napoli top Serie A after stormy Cagliari win

Napoli moved top of Serie A on Sunday after comfortably winning 4-0 at Cagliari in a match which was stopped for seven minutes in the first half for fan disorder.

Goals from Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Romelu Lukaku and Alessandro Buongiorno gave Napoli their third straight win and a one-point lead over Juventus, who they face in Turin next weekend.

Inter Milan have the chance to reclaim their league lead from Napoli in Sunday’s late match at Monza ahead of their Champions League opener at Manchester City on Wednesday.

“Teams are still settling in as the transfer window closed late and we are all trying to find our shape,” said coach Antonio Conte when asked if his team could challenge for the title.

“We’ve worked hard over the last two and a half months, we’ve got to keep pushing forward without thinking about anyone else.”

Napoli’s win was marred by ugly scenes midway through the opening period when the away fans unveiled a banner which mimicked sheep bleating and sparked the throwing of objects between the two sets of supporters.

That banner came after Napoli’s fans were pictured with another one on their ferry trip to largely rural Sardinia which read “sheep hunting”.

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Napoli supporters threw flares at home fans while at the other end of the ground Cagliari’s hardcore ultras, who had only just come into the Unipol Domus after staying outside for the first 20 minutes in protest at stadium bans dished out to some of their members, pelted the pitch with firecrackers.

Antonio Conte’s side were already leading at that point through Di Lorenzo’s wildly deflected 18th-minute opener, and goalkeeper Alex Meret kept it that way early in the second half with two sensational