Giacomo Raspadori left it very late indeed, but Napoli finally broke Spezia down for three precious Serie A points.

The Partenopei were fired up after beating Liverpool 4-1 here in the Champions League this week, but lost Victor Osimhen for a month to a thigh strain, so Giacomo Raspadori stepped in. Spezia were without a win in four, missing Daniele Verde, Albin Ekdal, Daniel Maldini, Kelvin Amian and Salva Ferrer, but Ethan Ampadu was ready for his debut.

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Kvicha Kvaratskhelia received the award before kick-off as Serie A Player of the Month for August and immediately proved why, skipping past two players with a double nutmeg before his shot was charged down by Nikolaou.

He then forced a one-handed low save from Bartlomiej Dragowski with an angled drive, and another block after shimmying past two defenders, while Eljif Elmas saw his attempt deflected just wide.

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Another Kvaratskhelia strike was deflected over by Jakub Kiwior, but Spezia threatened just before half-time with an Emmanuel Gyasi counter palmed round the near post by Alex Meret.

Like the other time Tanguy Ndombele started, he was replaced at half-time by Stanislav Lobotka.

Dragowski used his legs to parry the Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa effort from the edge of the box and palmed the Piotr Zielinski rocket over the bar, before Elmas nodded off target.

Spezia almost scored after Kiwior pounced on a misplaced Mario Rui header back to Meret at the near post and Amir Rrahmani had to perform a goal-line clearance.

Raspadori wasted a couple of promising opportunities and Hirving Lozano hit the side-netting at the back post when Dragowski flapped at a corner.

It was a late siege from the hosts and it paid off, as in the final minute of regular time, Lozano controlled a long ball and pulled it back across the front of goal, finding Raspadori to sweep in at the back post for his first goal in the Napoli jersey.

Luciano Spalletti and a member of the Spezia staff were sent off in a discussion about how much extra time was awarded.

Napoli 1-0 Spezia

Raspadori 89 (N)

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