Star Scotland duo help new club go top with memorable debut as team-mate makes quick injury recovery

Both Gilmour and McTominay made deadline-day moves to Gli Azzurri last month from Brighton and Hove Albion and Manchester United respectively. Napoli manager Antonio Conte knows the duo well from working in the English Premier League previously and has spent in the region of £35 million to bring them to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Neither player started the match in Sardinia, with the Scots introduced on 74 minutes, coming on for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Stanislav Lobotka. By this point, Napoli were already 3-0 up thanks to earlier strikes from Giovanni di Lorenzo, Romelu Lukaku and Kvaratskhelia. Conte's side added a fourth in stoppage time through Alessandro Buongiorno, with McTominay operating in an advanced attacking midfield role, while Gilmour played deeper as a No 6.

After the fourth round of fixtures in Serie A, Napoli sit top of the table on nine points. They are not involved in European football this season and therefore have a full week to prepare for Saturday's clash at home to Juventus, who are a point behind them in third place.

Elsewhere in Serie A, Scotland striker Che Adams played the full 90 minutes as Torino drew 0-0 at home to Lecce. Adams withdrew from the Scotland squad for the matches against Poland and Portugal earlier this month due to injury issues, but recovered sufficiently to lead the line for his club side in Turin.

Speaking on Adams’ withdrawal last week, Scotland manager Steve Clarke said: "The club informed us on Saturday morning that he picked up knock in the game. The conversation with Che is then does he come over and be assessed and sent back to Italy? There was no point. That is why he misses out. I can probably get you the email, if you want? I don't have it on me just now but there was an official email came from Torino that he had injuries that he picked up. Thigh and knee. They asked for him to be withdrawn from the squad."