Patrick Cutrone’s bizarre winner with 20 minutes remaining in Naples fired promoted Empoli seventh and hit Napoli’s bid for a first title since the days of Diego Maradona.

Cutrone rose highest for a corner and his flick flew at Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, who minutes after his return from injury headed his clearance into the back of Cutrone’s head and then watched the ball fly back into his own goal.

It was an unfortunate way to lose for Napoli, who had 30 shots, struck the bar through Eljif Elmas in the first half, and had a Juan Jesus goal ruled out for offside nine minutes before Cutrone’s winner.

“The goal was a set-piece play that we’ve been working on for a long time,” joked coach Aurelio Andreazzoli to DAZN.

Napoli held top spot before last weekend’s matches but have now also been overtaken by Atalanta, who moved third with their 2-1 win at Verona.

Napoli travel to Milan next weekend hoping to not fall further behind the pacesetters, with key players either out or only just returning from injury.