Video: Napoli's Dries Mertens continues hot streak with crazily good free-kick

By James Kilpatrick
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The Belgian midfielder scored his 20th Serie A goal of the season with another brilliant free-kick against Empoli on Sunday. 

Mertens whipped the ball into the top corner from range in Napoli's 3-2 win over Empoli, which goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski got a hand to – but such was the power of the shot that the ball still ended up in the back of the net.

The strike put Napoli 2-0 up after 24 minutes following Lorenzo Insigne's goal shortly before.

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James Kilpatrick