Napoli comes back from the dead to sink Milan
Napoli recovered brilliantly from two goals down to beat AC Milan 3-2 as Carlo Ancelotti got the better of his former employer at Stadio San Paolo on Sunday (AEST).
Piotr Zielinski scored twice in 14 second-half minutes before substitute Dries Mertens capped off the comeback to consign the Rossoneri to a deflating defeat in their first outing of the new Serie A season.
Gennaro Gattuso had appeared set to record a memorable victory over Ancelotti — under whom he won the UEFA Champions League twice as a player — when David Calabria doubled a lead earlier opened superbly by Giacomo Bonaventura in the first half.
But the influential Zielinski soon took command of the contest with two fine finishes and the hosts' dominance was rewarded through Mertens's 80th-minute winner, continuing Napoli's unbeaten run in this fixture to eight Serie A meetings.
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