Kalidou Koulibaly explains his celebration as a makeshift cameraman after scoring Napoli’s winner against Juventus. ‘I saw the fans and wanted to keep the moment.’
The defender was in the right place at the right time to tap in the rebound after a Wojciech Szczesny save, turning the game around following the Alvaro Morata opener and Matteo Politano equaliser.
Koulibaly ‘borrowed’ a camera from a pitch-side photographer and turned it towards the crowd during his celebrations.
“I saw the fans up there and wanted to keep the moment in a photograph, it was too beautiful!” he told DAZN.
“This victory is for them, because we missed them for over a year and to see them back in the stands makes us so happy.”
Morata had given Juventus the lead against the run of play, catching Kostas Manolas in possession.
“We knew that both teams were missing important players, and it’s a pity we conceded that goal, but we had the right maturity to react and change things,” added the Senegal international.
This result means Napoli have had a perfect start to the Serie A season and are already eight points clear of Juve.
“It’s too early, we are not thinking about anything except our own progress, winning one game at a time.”
Koulibaly with the late winner for Napoli vs Juventus 😱
An unwanted assist for Moise Kean on his return to Italy…
Top marks for the celebration 📸 pic.twitter.com/FJrM945fIx
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Well well. Happy for Napoli but Juventus made a terrible mistake hiring Allegri.
Too early to judge. Let other team gather points now juv is struggling. They will be near unstoppable when they gel. They will surprise many people in champions league. Fonza milan
@Lui – It’s not clear that Juventus had many choices. Obviously there is the money and then who was available? The ‘big’ names are all happily ensconced in their multi billion dollar projects in Paris, Manchester and West London. Conte – obviously not. Zidane was probably unwilling (he will be the next France manager) and too expensive.
Allegri has got form in Serie A and Juventus need to be steadied. He will be given time so steady things following the past three years.