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Højlund ends Napoli goal drought with early opener vs. Juventus 🕖💪
Dec 07 2025 21:16 · By onefootball.com · 75 Reads
In the game of the Serie A weekend, Napoli lead Juventus at half time courtesy of Rasmus Højlund's seventh minute opener.
It both ended the Danish striker's goal drought at club level and made some recent history.
The on-loan Manchester United man had not scored for the champions since early October - a run of eight games - albeit he did score a penalty in the Coppa Italia shootout win over Cagliari.
He also provided assists in each of Napoli's last two league games but he finally got his goal against the Old Lady, beating keeper Michele Di Gregorio to the ball to prod in David Neres' low cross into the box.
Rather amazingly, it was the club's fastest goal since the glory days of Diego Maradona.
– Sunday, 7 December 2025
A win for Antonio Conte's side over his old club will send them back to the top of the table.
With Højlund firing again, can they hold on for a crucial three points?
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