Verona 1-3 Napoli: Kvaratskhelia stars as the Neapolitans return to winning ways

Kvicha Kvaratskhelia scored twice as Napoli swept Verona aside at the Stadio Bentegodi to ease the pressure on Rudi Garcia.

Lorenzo Montip flew to parry a fiercely struck free kick from Giacomo Raspadori after parrying a Matteo Politano curler out from under the bar.

The deadlock was broken when Raspadori got down the left and floated a ball to the back post for Politano to keep the volley down from seven yards.

Moments later, Raspadori was again instrumental in almost making it 2-0 by sending Jens Cajuste through, but Montip rushed out to block.

Serdar's shot narrowly missed the crossbar, but Napoli doubled their lead when Politano sent Kvaratskhelia down the left, who pretended to pull back from the by-line, finished between the near post and goalkeeper.

Verona made three substitutions at halftime, and one of them had an immediate impact when Federico Bonazzoli tested Alex Meret from close range.

Kvaratskhelia, on the other hand, did not waste another potential counter-attack after wasting one on another Politano assist, cutting inside to sweep into the far bottom corner with the inside of the right boot from 12 yards.

Verona reduced the deficit after Giovanni Di Lorenzo misjudged the flight of Marco Davide Faraoni's cross, allowing Darko Lazovic to smash into the roof of the net relatively unscathed.

Raspadori's free kick was fingertipped over the bar, Milan Djuric nodded wide of the near post, and Cajuste's angled drive sailed over the crossbar.

Meret had to make a spectacular one-handed save to deny Bonazzoli from close range, and Giovanni Simeone fired wide before the Napoli goalkeeper smothered a deflected Lazovic strike that went through a sea of legs.

Michel Folorunsho forced a save from Meret with a quick shot, and Montip stuck out a leg to deny Alessio Zerbin.

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