{"id":72763,"date":"2017-10-17T22:05:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T21:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=72763"},"modified":"2017-10-17T22:05:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T21:05:17","slug":"man-city-hold-beat-napoli-ethihad-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/man-city-hold-beat-napoli-ethihad-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City hold on to beat Napoli at Ethihad Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City produced another largely impressive display as they beat in-form Serie A leaders Napoli to maintain their 100% winning start to this season&#8217;s Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as an encounter between the two most scintillating attacking sides in Europe, City fully lived up to the hype before the break, giving their Italian rivals a brutal lesson in high-pressing, incisive football.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus &#8211; both neat close-range finishes &#8211; looked to have set the home side on course for a handsome victory, during a first 45 minutes in which Kevin de Bruyne also struck the crossbar with a 25-yard shot.<\/p>\n<p>However, Napoli battled back into the game and, despite having a Dries Mertens penalty saved by Ederson, they converted a second through Amadou Diawara&#8217;s neat finish to set up a nervy final 17 minutes for the home side.<\/p>\n<p>But City held out for a win that leaves them top of Group F, three points clear of Shakhtar Donetsk, who won 2-1 at Feyenoord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City produced another largely impressive display as they beat in-form Serie A leaders Napoli to maintain their 100% winning start to this season&#8217;s Champions League. 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