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Dries Mertens became the first player to score back-to-back Serie A hat-tricks in over 42 years following a superb four-goal haul in Napoli's thrilling 5-3 win over Torino.
The Belgium forward scored three times in the 5-0 battering of Cagliari last week and took home another matchball at Stadio San Paolo on Sunday.
Mertens, playing in a central role with Arkadiusz Milik still sidelined by a knee injury, needed just nine first-half minutes to clinch his hat-trick as Napoli raced into a 3-0 lead after 22 minutes.
The former PSV man added another by sensationally lobbing Joe Hart 10 minutes from time, becoming first player to score four goals in a Serie A match since Domenico Berardi against AC Milan in January 2014.
3 - Dries Mertens is the first player to score a hat-trick in consecutive Serie A games since 1994/95. Wild.December 18, 2016
4 - Before , the last player to score at least 4 goals in a Serie A match was Domenico (vs AC Milan, Jan 2014). Wonderful.December 18, 2016
