Match ends, Napoli 5, Torino 3.
Dries Mertens scored four goals - and became the first player since 1974 to score consecutive Serie A hat-tricks - as Napoli beat Torino 5-3.
The Belgium international beat England goalkeeper Joe Hart three times in nine first-half minutes, seven days after a hat-trick in a 5-0 win over Cagliari.
Mertens drilled his first from a Jose Callejon cut-back and added a penalty before scoring a third from close in.
His best goal, though, was his fourth, a perfectly weighted chip over Hart.
Torino, 3-0 down after 22 minutes, did fight back in the second half, with Andrea Belotti pulling one back before former Tottenham centre-back Vlad Chiriches added Napoli's fourth.
Luca Rossettini and Iago Falque, with a penalty, then scored either side of Mertens' classy effort, but Napoli ensured victory to move up to third.
The last player to score hat-tricks in consecutive Serie A matches was Juventus forward Pietro Anastasi in May 1974.
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Only once in his career has Joe Hart conceded as many goals in one match - he was in the Manchester City side beaten 6-0 at Chelsea in the Premier League in October 2007. |
Lazio climbed to fourth with a 3-1 victory over Fiorentina, but had to negotiate a nervy second half after appearing to take command with Keita Balde Diao's angled finish and a Lucas Biglia penalty.
Soon after the break, the home side needed keeper Federico Marchetti to save a Josip Illcic penalty to maintain their 2-0 lead, and Mauro Zarate then scored for Fiorentina - against his former club - to set up a tense finale. But Stefan Radu scored a third for the home side late on to end any doubts about the result.
Palermo, next to bottom, achieved the most extraordinary comeback of the day - and ended a nine-match losing streak as they came from 3-1 down to win 4-3 at Genoa.
Giovanni Simeone, the son of Atletico Madrid manager Diego, scored two and set up a third for Nikola Ninkovic to put Genoa on course for victory with 25 minutes to go.
But the visitors, for whom Robin Quaison had scored in the first half, made it 3-2 through Edoardo Goldaniga, before striking twice in the final three minutes - thanks to Andrea Rispoli's tap-in and Aleksandar Trajkovski angled drive.
There was still time for Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin to be sent off, as he pushed over Ilija Nestorovski when the Palermo striker prevented him from taking a free-kick quickly.
In Sunday's early Serie A match, Antonio Candreva's first-half goal gave Inter Milan a third successive league win, 1-0 at Sassuolo. Stefano Pioli's side finished with 10 men after Felipe Melo was sent off in stoppage time for two bookable offences.
Bottom club Pescara remain without a league victory after losing 3-0 at home to Bologna, while Crotone stay in the relegation zone after a 2-0 defeat at Udinese. Elsewhere, Chievo beat Sampdoria 2-1.
Line-ups
Napoli
Formation 4-3-3
- 25Reina
- 2Hysaj
- 33Albiol
- 21Chiriches
- 31Ghoulam
- 20ZielinskiSubstituted forAllanat 73'minutes
- 8JorginhoSubstituted forDiawaraat 69'minutes
- 17Hamsik
- 7Callejón
- 14Mertens
- 24InsigneSubstituted forGiaccheriniat 81'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Barbosa
- 3Strinic
- 4Giaccherini
- 5Allan
- 11Maggio
- 19Maksimovic
- 22Sepe
- 23Gabbiadini
- 30Rog
- 42Diawara
- 62Tonelli
- 77El Kaddouri
Torino
Formation 4-3-3
- 21Hart
- 29De SilvestriSubstituted forFalqueat 56'minutes
- 13RossettiniBooked at 34mins
- 24MorettiBooked at 60mins
- 23Barreca
- 15Benassi
- 18ValdifioriSubstituted forLukicat 45'minutesBooked at 72mins
- 8BaselliSubstituted forLópezat 67'minutes
- 7Zappacosta
- 9Belotti
- 10Ljajic
Substitutes
- 1Padelli
- 4Castan da Silva
- 6Acquah
- 11López
- 14Falque
- 17Martínez
- 20Vives
- 22Obi
- 25Lukic
- 31Boyé
- 90Cucchietti
- 93Ajeti
- Referee:
- Daniele Doveri
- Attendance:
- 29,221
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home66%
- Away34%
- Shots
- Home21
- Away11
- Shots on Target
- Home10
- Away5
- Corners
- Home4
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home6
- Away14
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Napoli 5, Torino 3.
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Hand ball by Adem Ljajic (Torino).
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Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Allan.
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Offside, Torino. Joe Hart tries a through ball, but Maxi López is caught offside.
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Foul by Elseid Hysaj (Napoli).
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Antonio Barreca (Torino) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Emanuele Giaccherini (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
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José Callejón (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Sasa Lukic (Torino).
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Offside, Torino. Luca Rossettini tries a through ball, but Maxi López is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Adem Ljajic (Torino) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Goal!
Goal! Napoli 5, Torino 3. Iago Falque (Torino) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
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Penalty conceded by Raúl Albiol (Napoli) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty Torino. Luca Rossettini draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Corner, Torino. Conceded by Vlad Chiriches.
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Offside, Torino. Adem Ljajic tries a through ball, but Iago Falque is caught offside.
Substitution
Substitution, Napoli. Emanuele Giaccherini replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
Goal!
Goal! Napoli 5, Torino 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by José Callejón.
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Attempt blocked. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.