Napoli legend Diego Maradona has been in touch with Marek Hamsik after losing his goalscoring record to the current captain.

After surpassing Maradona's long-standing goalscoring record for Napoli last week, Hamsik netted his 117th goal in Friday's 1-0 win at Crotone.

Before the clash at Stadio Ezio Scida, Hamsik told Sky Sport Italia: "Surpassing Maradona's record was an achievement, but now what counts more is to win the game and get all three points for the team.

"Maradona gave me a gift. I can't tell you what it was!"

Napoli have collected 48 points from 19 matches so far to sit top of the table in Italy.