Humble Hamsik plays down Maradona record
Club captain Marek Hamsik was not getting carried away after joining Diego Maradona as Napoli's joint-top goalscorer.
A modest Marek Hamsik played down becoming the joint top goalscorer in Napoli history after moving level with Diego Maradona's record of 115 goals in all competitions.
Hamsik hit the third goal in a 3-1 win at Torino that sent Maurizio Sarri's side top of Serie A, two points clear of Inter Milan, which went down 3-1 at home to Udinese earlier in the day.
But the Slovakia international was not getting carried away after writing his name into the club's history books.
"It's nice to know," Napoli captain Hamsik said. "It's very pleasing to score 115 goals as a midfielder. That's a good number.
"We are really happy with the performance, because the game could easily have ended with more goals.
"We're back to the side we were and that is very important."
As well as moving ahead of Inter, Napoli went four points clear of defending champion Juventus, which plays Bologna on Monday (AEDT).
"I don't know if it's an advantage to be top of the table," Hamsik added.
"But it can help us remember our strength and realise we've got to fight to the end."
