Napoli failed to complete their comeback as they lost 2-1 at Champions League opponents Manchester City.

City produced another largely impressive display as they beat in-form Serie A leaders Napoli to maintain their 100% winning start to this season's Champions League.

Billed as an encounter between the two most scintillating attacking sides in Europe, City fully lived up to the hype before the break, giving their Italian rivals a brutal lesson in high-pressing, incisive football.

Goals from Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus - both neat close-range finishes - looked to have set the home side on course for a handsome victory, during a first 45 minutes in which Kevin de Bruyne also struck the crossbar with a 25-yard shot.

However, Napoli battled back into the game and, despite having a Dries Mertens penalty saved by Ederson, they converted a second through Amadou Diawara's neat finish to set up a nervy final 17 minutes for the home side.

But City held out for a win that leaves them top of Group F, three points clear of Shakhtar Donetsk, who won 2-1 at Feyenoord.