Ibra again and again: Milan defeats Napoli

After the 0-3 defeat in the Europa League against Lille and the 2-2 home defeat in the championship against Hellas Verona, Milan managed to return to winning ways with a win in Naples.

The Milanese team celebrated their last away win at Napoli 10 years ago. Back then, the Rossoneri won the championship at the end of the season. Even now, after 8 match days, Ibrahimovic and Co. are in 1st place.

With the win in the evening game, Milan took back the lead from Sassuolo. The surprise team from Emilia-Romagna had already celebrated a 2-0 win at Hellas Verona in the afternoon (all results from Sunday afternoon can be found here). Ibrahimovic trumps Mainly responsible for Milan's triumph was Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored a brace. In the 20th minute, the 39-year-old gave the guests the lead with a powerful header from around 13 meters from a cross from Theo Hernández. After that, Napoli stepped up a gear and had several chances. Due to Napoli's failure to capitalize on opportunities, Milan's narrow lead remained at half-time.

In the 54th minute, Ibrahimovic made it 2-0 after a strong counterattack and a cross from Ante Rebic. This time the Swede hit with his knee. Ibra, who now leads the Serie A top scorers list with 10 goals, retired early in the 79th with a thigh injury of an unspecified degree.

The two-time goalscorer had to be substituted due to a muscle strain. © APA/afp / ANDREAS SOLARO

Dries Mertens finally scored the next goal for Napoli in the 63rd minute. However, just 2 minutes later, Tiemoue Bakayoko was sent off with a yellow-red card. Despite being outnumbered, the home team still had one or two chances. Instead of an equalizer, Milan's Jens Petter Hauge made the final decision in stoppage time (95').

Napoli lost ground in the title race with their third defeat of the season and are now six points behind league leaders Milan in sixth place.

Defending champions Juventus had already scored 3 points on Saturday (see own report) and is 4 points behind Milan in 4th place.

Sunday's Serie A games at a glance:

Napoli – Milan 1:3 0:1 Ibrahimovic (20th), 0:2 Ibrahimovic (54th), 1:2 Mertens (63rd), 1:3 Hauge (90th + 5th) Yellow-red card: Bakayoko (Napoli/65.)

Udinese – Genoa 1-0 1:0 De Paul (34th). Red card: Perin (Genoa/90.+7)

Fiorentina – Benevento 0-1 0:1 Improta (52.)

Roma – Parma 3-0 1:0 Mayoral (28th), 2:0 Mkhitaryan (32nd), 3:0 Mkhitaryan (40th)

Inter – Torino 4-2 0:1 Zaza (47th), 0:2 Ansaldi (62nd), 1:2 Sanchez (64th), 2:2 Lukaku (67th), 3:2 Lukaku (84th), 4:2 Lautaro ( 90.)

Sampdoria – Bologna 1-2 1:0 Thorsby (7th), 1:1 Regini (own goal/44th), 1:2 Orsolini (52nd) Verona – Sassuolo 0:2 0:1 Boga (42nd), 0:2 Berardi (76th)

The table SP G U V TV P 1.Milan 8 6 2 0 19:8 20 2. Sassuolo 8 5 3 0 20:9 18 3. Roma 8 5 2 1 19:11 17 4. Juventus 8 4 4 0 17:6 16 5. Inter 8 4 3 1 20:13 15 6. Naples 8 5 0 3 16:10 14 7. Atalanta 8 4 2 2 18:14 14 8. Lazio 8 4 2 2 13:13 14 9. Hellas Verona 8 3 3 2 10:7 12 10. Sampdoria 8 3 1 4 12:13 10 11. Cagliari 8 3 1 4 14:17 10 12.Bologna 8 3 0 5 13:14 9 13. Specia 8 2 3 3 11:15 9 14. Benevento 8 3 0 5 11:20 9 15. Fiorentina 8 2 2 4 10:13 8 16.Udinese 8 2 1 5 7:11 7 17. Parma 8 1 3 4 8:16 6 18. Torino 8 1 2 5 14:20 5 19. Genoa 8 1 2 5 7:16 5 20. Crotone 8 0 2 6 6:19 2

Serie A Italy	SP	TV	P
1. Inter	33	79:18	86
2.Milan	33	64:39	69
3. Juventus	33	47:26	64
4.Bologna	33	48:26	62
5. Roma	32	57:38	55
6. Atalanta	32	59:37	54
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Ibra again and again: Milan defeats Napoli

Milan is still at the top of the table after the 8th matchday: The still unbeaten Rossoneri won the top game on Sunday evening at Napoli 2-3 thanks to two goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

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