FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) -Goals from Victor Osimhen and Giovanni Di Lorenzo gave Napoli a comfortable 2-0 victory at 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday.
In-form Nigeria striker Osimhen, who has now scored 10 goals in his last nine games across all competitions, tapped in at the far post to give his team a 40th minute lead.
Error-prone Frankfurt had Randal Kolo Muani red-carded in the 58th and were no match for the Italians, who were sharper from the start and hit the post in the 34th through Hirving Lozano. Georgia forward Kvaratskhelia, who with Osimhen has amassed a total of 32 goals between them in all competitions this season for the runaway Serie A leaders, failed to beat Kevin Trapp from the spot.
Osimhen put the ball in the net again in an almost identical move a minute later but his effort was ruled out for offside.
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