Last-gasp Anguissa Fires Napoli Past Cagliari, Roma Keep Pace
Andre-Frank Anguissa was the hero for Napoli on Saturday with the last-gasp winner which gave the Serie A champions a 1-0 success over Cagliari, while Roma saw off promoted Pisa by the same score.
Cameroon midfielder Anguissa struck in the fifth minute of stoppage time just as it looked like Antonio Conte’s team would fail to break down dogged Cagliari.
Just moments before, Scott McTominay had wasted a golden opportunity to snatch the points at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona where the hosts had few clear chances on goal.
“It was a hard match because they defended really well but we didn’t leave anything out there, we pushed and in the end we won,” said Anguissa to DAZN.
A year ago almost to the day Anguissa netted a winner in added time against Parma, but he scoffed at suggestions Saturday’s strike was a good omen for Napoli’s bid to successfully defend the Scudetto for the first time.
“The most important thing is winning, we played as a team and that’s how it should be,” Anguissa said.
