Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti was delighted with victory over Sassuolo.

The 2-0 win came courtesy of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen.

Spalletti said: “You have to take it easy with comparisons, because it becomes a problem. We have to stay calm, very calm. We have to do well the things we know how to do.

“They attacked very well, they had strength in snatching the ball from the opponent, great performance from a general analysis point of view.

“We won the last few games, but there was less quality. Tonight, on the other hand, in possession, in phase management, in being a team in all things, I felt we were superior to the last games and I can codify that in a great performance."

He added, “Tonight we were synthetic in the things we did, we were quick, qualitative in circulating the ball and in creating chances.

“In my opinion we suffered a couple of times because Sassuolo are well coached and play good football, so you can't have 90 minutes of supremacy and sometimes you have to suffer.

“Then in the second half we came out well, created several chances to make it 3-0. And it turned out that the team performed like a super mature, super attentive, eager team.

“We are living a good moment, but nobody has the presumption to go softer and these are important signals for the future."