Napoli missed the chance to go top of Serie A after Victor Osimhen’s 87th-minute header salvaged them a 1-1 draw at relegation-threatened Cagliari.

Gaston Pereiro put Cagliari ahead near the hour mark with a long, bouncing shot, but Osimhen came off the bench to level the scores with three minutes to go on Monday night.

Napoli failed to capitalise on Inter Milan’s shock 2-0 home defeat to Sassuolo on Sunday, and instead remain behind last season’s champions on goal difference in third after coming away with a point against Cagliari.

A win for Inter a day earlier they would have moved them to the top of the table themselves, but are now two points behind AC Milan with a game in hand on their cross-city rivals.