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Before the national team break, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 39, did not complain that his body needed to rest after an intense start to the season.
When his Milan visited Napoli tonight, it was a playful “Ibra” who put the team in the driver’s seat a bit in the first half.
On a post from Theo Hernández, the Swede scored hard for 1-0, causing the guests to relax their grip in the top match.
Close up of hat trick
The goal was Ibrahimovic’s ninth in the league this season. Thus, it returns to be the only leader in the shooting league after Cristiano Ronaldo reached yesterday.
It did not end there. At the start of the second, Zlatan encountered a left post signed by Ante Rebic and knelt at 2-0 for Milan.
Right after that, he made it 3-0 with a wide winger, but was fired for offside. Instead, Napoli’s Dries Mertens pushed 1-2 from close range.
History repeated itself
The home team came no closer than that, with Tiemoué Bakayoko sent off, and Jens Petter Hauge scored his first Serie A goal in extra time.
Ibrahimovic, who took the back of the thigh and was replaced 2-1, has now scored in eight straight league games for Milan, which again top Serie A.
The last time Milan beat Napoli in the league was on October 25, 2010. Zlatan Ibrahimovic was 29 years old, and then he too decided.
