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Both goals came in the space of one minute and the spoils are shared at the Stadio Franchi.
Both sides were coming off morale-boosting victories, as Siena surprisingly crushed Genoa 3-1 at Marassi, while Napoli saw off Parma. Key players sat out bans for the two clubs, as Simone Vergassola and the inspirational Ezequiel Lavezzi were ruled out. Edy Reja's men were eager to avoid a fourth consecutive away defeat.
Paolo De Ceglie threatened early on with an acrobatic volley, then Tomas Locatelli hit the roof of the net from distance. Mariano Bogliacino should have done better on a promising cross from the right.
Napoli were unlucky not to take the lead on the half-hour mark, as Maurizio Domizzi's looping header from a corner kick clipped the crossbar.
Soon after Walter Gargano's corner kick took a few deflections before Marek Hamsik's angled drive was effectively cleared off the line by Daniele Portanova.
On the stroke of half-time Alex Manninger required a sensational save to tip Hamsik's overhead kick out from under the bar.
Domizzi was left with a serious nosebleed and a potentially fractured nose after getting an elbow from Valerio Bertotto.
Siena finally broke the deadlock on 63 minutes with Mario Frick's third goal in two games. A corner kick was nodded on to the back post for the Liechtenstein international to volley in at full stretch.
However, it lasted just 60 seconds before Bogliacino equalised for Napoli, combining with Hamsik to waltz through the defence and fire in with his left foot.
Manninger flew to fingertip a Gargano free kick out from under the bar.
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