European football: McTominay strikes twice as Napoli rescue point at Inter | European club football

Scott McTominay scored a double because the defending champions Napoli twice got here from behind to safe a 2-2 draw with the Serie A leaders Inter at San Siro.

Inter got here near gaining revenge for his or her 3-1 defeat in Naples earlier this season and a win would have opened up a commanding hole on the prime, however Napoli’s never-say-die perspective retains them very a lot within the title race.

Inter transfer to 43 factors, three forward of the second-placed Milan, whereas Napoli are third within the standings on 39 factors.

Following some early Napoli stress Inter took the lead within the ninth minute after the guests misplaced possession in the course of the pitch. Marcus Thuram drove ahead earlier than shedding a cross to Federico Dimarco within the space who drilled his low shot into the far nook from a large angle.

Inter started to press excessive up the pitch, with Napoli struggling to get out of their very own half for lengthy durations, however out of nowhere the away facet drew stage within the twenty sixth minute. Leonardo Spinazzola’s cross despatched Eljif Elmas into the realm and his low cross into the six-yard field was met by McTominay, who acquired forward of his marker Manuel Akanji on the close to put up to fireplace previous Yann Sommer.

Thuram had a header tipped over by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic shortly earlier than half-time and the edges went in stage on the break.

Napoli had possibilities after the interval, with Milinkovic-Savic’s lengthy clearance sending Rasmus Højlund via on aim however his shot went narrowly huge and Giovanni Di Lorenzo headed effectively off beam from a Spinazzola cross.

The guests have been left ruing these misses when Inter have been awarded a penalty for Amir Rrahmani’s foul on Henrikh Mkhitaryan with the Napoli supervisor, Antonio Conte, proven a pink card for his livid response to the referee’s choice.

Hakan Calhanoglu blasted his spot-kick in off the upright and Inter retook the lead with 17 minutes remaining. Napoli, nevertheless, refused to bow and McTominay once more equalised with 9 minutes left.

Matteo Politano’s floated cross into the field appeared like going out of play however Noa Lang hooked the ball again from the byline for McTominay to volley house from the sting of the six-yard field.

Mkhitaryan had an added-time deflected shot come again off the put up and Inter have been denied their seventh successive league win.

Christopher Nkunku scored within the ninetieth minute to earn Milan a 1-1 draw at Fiorentina on Sunday however, regardless of extending their unbeaten league run, the guests proceed to lose floor within the Serie A title race with their second stalemate in 4 days.

The Milan supervisor, Massimiliano Allegri, informed Dazn: “We’ve to return to profitable methods, there are numerous factors nonetheless to play for.”

Milan’s solely league defeat this season got here on the opening day and after struggling as soon as extra towards a relegation-battling facet – in addition they got here from behind on Thursday of their 1-1 draw with Genoa – have gone 18 matches with out defeat.

Allegri left Luka Modric, Rafael Leão and Adrien Rabiot on the bench, giving Niclas Füllkrug and Ardon Jashari their first league begins, with Füllkrug and Christian Pulisic trying very comfy collectively up entrance. The pair performed a neat one-two which launched Pulisic via on aim as soon as extra, this time going round David de Gea however taking the ball too far huge and his end ended up within the facet netting.

“We performed first half, we had possibilities to attain however didn’t take them,” Allegri mentioned. “Within the second half Fiorentina pushed a bit extra.”

Fiorentina started brightly after the break, Dodo’s deflected shot looping over the bar and Mike Maignan gathering Robin Gosens’s header from the ensuing nook.

Fiorentina hit the entrance within the 66th minute from a nook, Pietro Comuzzo rising unchallenged and his glancing header discovering the online off the far put up. The hosts had didn’t win of their opening 15 league video games however have proven indicators of restoration of late and got here near a 3rd successive house win.

Nkunku, on as an alternative, timed his run to get on the top of Youssouf Fofana’s ball and fired previous De Gea from a large angle.

Bayern Munich, helped by two record-breaking personal targets and two from Michael Olise, demolished Wolfsburg 8-1 to increase their lead on the prime, because the Bundesliga resumed from its winter break.

The reigning champions, who’re on 44 factors, 11 forward of second-placed Borussia Dortmund, took a fifth-minute lead when Luis Díaz’s cutback was turned in by Kilian Fischer for an personal aim. It was the third consecutive league sport that Wolfsburg had scored an personal aim, setting a Bundesliga file.

The guests reacted effectively, with Dzenan Pejcinovic ending a fantastic passing transfer that break up open the Bayern defence to stage within the thirteenth minute.

Díaz then turned scorer on the half-hour, heading in an Olise cross for his ninth league aim of the marketing campaign, to place the hosts again in entrance. Olise is the league’s finest supplier with 9 assists to this point.

The Frenchman then acquired on to the scoresheet with a curled shot to bag his eighth aim of the season earlier than the hapless Wolfsburg notched up their fourth personal aim of their previous three league matches with Moritz Jenz placing the ball within the web from an Olise cutback.

The hosts, who additionally hit the put up via Olise and added two extra targets via Raphael Guerreiro and the Bundesliga’s main scorer, Harry Kane, in a span of 80 seconds, have by no means misplaced at house towards Wolfsburg within the Bundesliga, profitable 27 of 29 matches and drawing two.

Olise topped an excellent efficiency in his fiftieth Bundesliga match for Bayern by scoring his second aim of the night within the 76th minute earlier than Leon Goretzka, on as an alternative, flicked the ball in from a good angle late on to make it their greatest win towards Wolfsburg.

“It’s not regular [for such a result]it’s not a given and we must always not overlook that,” Bayern’s head coach, Vincent Kompany, mentioned. “The primary half was actually not straightforward. However I had the sensation that after they get a bit drained we’d create much more possibilities – and that’s precisely what occurred within the second half.”