Osimhen grabs hat-trick in seven-goal thriller against Sassuolo

Osimhen grabs hat-trick in seven-goal thriller against Sassuolo

A brilliant Victor Osimhen hat-trick helped Napoli secured their first away win since last November as they romped to a 6-1 win against struggling Sassuolo yesterday.

While the  Neroverdi made their debut under interim coach Bigica, having sacked Alessio Dionisi on Sunday after one win and one draw in 13 competitive matches,  Napoli’s  Francesco Calzona was still looking for his first win following 1-1 stalemates with Barcelona and Cagliari.

However, Sassuolo took the lead against the run of play when Uros Racic started the move, the acrobatic Andrea Pinamonti attempt was cleared to the edge of the area and Racic finished it with a snooker shot that bent around Alex Meret and back into the far bottom corner.

But soon  Napoli got their equaliser and it  was a well-worked team goal, as Di Lorenzo found Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa down the right, his inspired back-heel flick set up defender Amir Rrahmani to complete the move by sweeping in from 10 yards.

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Under 120 seconds later, Napoli had turned the game around completely. Di Lorenzo again sent someone down the right, this time Matteo Politano, who pulled it back for Osimhen to meet it first time from seven yards.