There aren’t many teams in world football who can match Napoli in terms of form this season.While Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City have rightly commanded huge respect in the Premier League, the Serie A leaders have been going about their business in a very similar fashion.Maurizio Sarri has seen his men lose just six of their 34 matches in all competitions this term, including a sole defeat to Juventus last December.The Turin giants were clear title favourites at the beginning of the campaign, yet haven’t led the pack since the third weekend of the season.While Napoli have occupied the driving seat throughout 2018, their lead over Juve stands at a single point with 12 matches left to play.The Partenopei have barely put a foot wrong this term and are playing with the imperious authority required to clinch their first Serie A title in almost three decades.An eight-match winning streak is nothing to sneeze at for any club, not least when it involves scoring 19 goals while conceding a mere five.Napoli have certainly chalked up some impressive numbers over the course of their current run, but sometimes a passage of play can say more than figures ever will.If that logic is to be subscribed to, the last of their four goals against Lazio on Saturday is a prime example of it.Having gone behind in the third minute thanks to a Stefan de Vrij tap-in, the hosts had well and truly restored order early in the second half.Leading 3-1 with 15 minutes remaining, Napoli turned on the style to not only put the result beyond all doubt but offer a display of sheer footballing brilliance.Napoli won the ball back in their own half before a series of intricate passes through heavy traffic tore open the Lazio defence and allowed Dries Mertens to flick a Piotr Zielinski through ball into the net.Feast your eyes on the delicious teamwork in the video below.

It surely has to be in the running for the goal of the season – not that Napoli will care if they’re behind Juve on the league table come May.

It goes without saying, their meeting at Juventus Stadium on 22 April is shaping up to be a blockbuster of epic proportions.