Napoli returns to the top of Serie A with win over Pisa

By: The Associated Press Posted: 4:18 PM CDT Monday, Sep. 22, 2025

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Leonardo Spinazzola and Lorenzo Lucca scored late and Napoli bounced back from a Champions League defeat at Manchester City to beat Pisa 3-2 and return to the top of Serie A on Monday.

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Billy Gilmour scored his first of the season just before halftime and it looked like reigning champion Napoli was set for an easy victory against a side that has yet to win this season.

Napoli was pegged back by a M’Bala Nzola penalty on the hour but Pisa’s hopes were extinguished in the final quarter.

Napoli's Billy Gilmour celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Pisa at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, Italy, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP)

Spinazzola fired a low shot into the bottom corner to regain Napoli the lead in the 73rd minute and Lucca took a cute flick from Scott McTominay before slamming in the ball eight minutes from time.

Brazilian midfielder Lorran converted a Samuele Angori cutback in the 90th for Pisa but it remained joint bottom of the league with Lecce on one point and without a win in Napoli since 1986.

Napoli’s fourth victory in a row took it back to the top of Serie A, two points ahead of Juventus.