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AC Milan beat Napoli by 3 goals to 1 as they registered their first victory away at the San Paulo Stadium in over 10 years.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a brace to ensure that AC Milan maintain their unbeaten streak. Jens Hauge scored the Milan side's third goal of the night in stoppage time to kill the game. Meanwhile, Dries Mertens scored the only goal for Napoli.
Zlatan scored AC Milan's opener as he beat Kalidou Koulibaly in the air to put a looping header past Alex Meret. He once again scored in the second half to double his side's advantage as he slotted Ante Rebic's cross from close range.
Mertens pulled one back for Napoli as the hosts looked to stage a comeback. However, Tiemoue Bakayoko's second yellow card of the night changed the tide yet again.
Hauge wrapped up the game in stoppage time as he scored his debut goal to seal all three points for the Rossoneri.
Here are the five major talking points from the match.
#1 AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic just cannot stop scoring
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is in the form of his life. The Swede scored a brace to bag all the three points for AC Milan.
The Swede timed his run to perfection in order to meet Theo Hernandez's cross to loop one past Meret for AC Milan's opener of the night. For his second goal, he capped off a beautiful team move as he scored from close range to double their advantage.
With his brace, the 39-year-old moved to the top of the Serie A goalscoring charts, with 10 goals for the season.
#2 Tiemoue Bakayoko's red card killed all hopes of a comeback
Tiemoue Bakayoko's red card took the game away from Napoli. Just when the hosts started to creep back into the game, the Frenchman made a clumsy challenge on Hernandez to receive his second yellow card of the night.
Dries Mertens just scored a goal to reduce AC Milan's two-goal advantage to one when Bakayoko received his marching orders. The visitors started to reimpose themselves over the game as Napoli found it hard to keep hold of the ball.
#3 AC Milan are genuine contenders for the Serie A title this season
AC Milan are the team to beat in Serie A this season and have had a perfect start to the campaign.
With 8 matches being played, the Rossoneri have won 6 and drawn 2, thus accumulating 20 points. They sit at the top of the table and are 2 points clear of Sassuolo who are second on the points table.
This AC Milan side looks like a well-rounded team, and Juventus will find it tough to defend their title if they continue to perform the way they have so far.
#4 Napoli's defensive line needs some fixing
AC Milan looked threatening every time they advanced high up the pitch. Napoli's central defenders looked lost as they failed to neutralize the threat posed by Zlatan, Ante Rebic, Hakan Calhanoglu and Hernandez.
Kalidou Koulibaly lost 10 duels on Sunday as Zlatan proved to be too much for him to handle. The Swede dominated the Senegal international for the entirety of his time on the pitch.
AC Milan were able to slice up Napoli's back-line with ease. The visitors' quick passing and high-pressing disrupted the hosts' defensive structure as they failed to regroup on various occasions.
#5 Gianluigi Donnarumma was AC Milan's savior at the opposite end
Although the score-line tells us a different story, Napoli were quite persistent in front of the goal as they created 13 chances and had 20 attempts on goal. It was Gianluigi Donnarumma's masterclass that kept them at bay.
Donnarumma produced some fantastic saves to guarantee his side bagged all three points. He made 7 saves throughout the night.
His double save in the first half to deny Bakayoko and Hirving Lozano proved to be one of the most crucial ones in the game. Moreover, his second-half save against Andrea Petagna denied Napoli a potential comeback.
