Napoli 3 AC Milan 2: Zielinski at the double as Ancelotti triumphs in three-goal comeback

Naples, August 26: Napoli brilliantly recovered from two goals down to beat AC Milan 3-2 as Carlo Ancelotti got the better of his former employers at Stadio San Paolo on Saturday (August 25).

Match Center | Serie A Points Table

Piotr Zielinski scored twice in 14 second-half minutes before substitute Dries Mertens capped off the comeback to consign the Rossoneri to a deflating defeat in their first outing of the new Serie A season.

Gennaro Gattuso had appeared set to record a memorable victory over Ancelotti - under whom he won the Champions League twice as a player - when David Calabria doubled a lead earlier opened by Giacomo Bonaventura.

But the influential Zielinski soon took command of the contest with two fine finishes and the hosts' dominance was rewarded through Mertens' 80th-minute winner, continuing Napoli's unbeaten run in this fixture to eight Serie A meetings.

4 - Giacomo #Bonaventura has scored 4 goals in Serie A vs Napoli, now one of his 3 favourite targets in the top league (Inter and Sampdoria the others). Routine. #NapoliMilan

— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) 25 August 2018