Victor Osimhen on Target As Napoli Blow Chance to Go Top of Serie A With Draw Against Cagliari

• Victor Osimhen came in from the bench and scored his seventh Serie A goal of the season as Napoli dropped points against Cagliari on Monday, February 21
• Napoli's goalkeeper David Ospina made a terrible mistake on Gaston Pereiro's shot that gave the lead to the home team
• The draw means Napoli remain in third place on 54 points and would have usurped leaders AC Milan on 56 points if they had beaten Cagliari

Victor Osimhen was the hero for Napoli as the Super Eagles striker singlehandedly rescued a point for Luciano Spaletti’s side against Cagliari on Monday, February 21.

The Super Eagles striker came off the bench to score his seventh league goal of the season in the 87th minute to level against relegation-threatened Cagliari side who took a surprise lead early in the second half.

According to a report via Complete Sports, a goalkeeping blunder by David Ospina gifted Cagliari the lead after Pereiro hit a speculative long shot which the Napoli goalkeeper allowed to slip through his hands.

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Napoli would, however, push for an equalizer and they were rewarded very late on as Nigeria striker, Victor Osimhen powered in a header as both teams settled for a draw.

Napoli squander chance to go top of Serie A

Meanwhile, Napoli missed a great opportunity to go top of the Italian Serie A table after dropping points away to Cagliari on Monday, February 21.

According to CBS Sports, AC Milan's draw against Salernitana and Inter Milan's defeat against Sassuolo over the weekend meant Napoli had the chance to become Serie A leaders if they had won against Cagliari.

The draw means Napoli remains in third place on 54 points and tied on same points with AC Milan but still two points behind leaders Inter Milan after 26 games played so far.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported Premier League giants, Arsenal, have opened talks of signing Napoli midfielder Fabian Ruiz in the summer.

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Gunners boss Mikel Arteta was desperate to add a versatile midfielder within his ranks during the January transfer window but ended up without one.

The north Londoners are now understood to have set their sights on bringing Ruiz to the Emirates once the window opens.