Mertens strikes twice as Napoli clear inconsequential Sampdoria aside



A Dries Mertens twofold helped Napoli come back to winning ways with a 2-0 triumph over Sampdoria on Saturday that proceeded with the guests' hopeless beginning to the Serie A season.

Prior to the universal break, Carlo Ancelotti's side battled once again from three objectives down against Juventus just for Kalidou Koulibaly to score a stoppage time possess objective to blessing the bosses three points.

Napoli bobbed back as Mertens tucked home a completion right off the bat in the main half before verging on multiplying his side's lead five minutes after the fact when he slammed a shot off the bar from a tight edge.

Goalkeeper Alex Meret was cognizant to counteract an equalizer when he spared Emiliano Rigoni's completion after the Argentine was sent clean through on objective.

In any case, the outcome was put certain halfway during that time half when substitute Fernando Llorente, making his presentation, selected Mertens inside the container for the Belgian to locate the net for his support.

The outcome moves Napoli into fourth place on six, while Sampdoria remain attached to the base of the table.

Under new mentor Eusebio Di Francesco they have lost three games out of three, surrendering nine objectives and scoring only one.

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