Catch me?: Record-equalling Victor Osimhen tears away from Ademola Lookman and Serie A’s best with brilliant brace at Spezia

The 2 Nigerian forwards have been portray the Italian top-flight pink with objectives week in and week out however the Napoli man might take some catching

Victor Osimhen scored twice on Sunday to energy Napoli to a advantageous 3-0 win away to Spezia in what’s the league chief’s 18th victory of the Italian Serie A marketing campaign.

Nigerian attacker, Ademola Lookman had seemed like the one striker who can sustain with the goalscoring consistency of Osimhen in Italy this time period, with the Atalanta ace discovering the again of the online 12 instances.

And some days in the past, the previous Leicester Metropolis ahead voiced his conviction that he would outscore Osimhen by the top of the season.

However Osimhen has not taken the problem flippantly as he prolonged his lead on the objectives chart to 4 following his brace on the Stadio Alberto Picco.

Victor Osimhen & Khvicha Kvaratskhelia once more the celebs of the present for Napoli as Serie A leaders gained 3-0 at Spezia to increase their benefit to 16 factors.

Khvicha put Napoli forward from the spot earlier than Osimhen netted twice, taking his league tally to 16.pic.twitter.com/e3c9ODRpba

— Oluwashina Okeleji (@oluwashina) February 5, 2023

After Khvicha Kvaratskhelia handed Napoli the lead from the penalty spot minutes into the second half, Osimhen rose excessive to nod in his first of the afternoon within the 68th minute.

The Tremendous Eagles striker added the third purpose of the match 5 minutes later to take his tally for the season to 16 league objectives.

16 – Victor #Osimhen is just the 4th participant in Napoli historical past capable of rating at the very least 16 objectives within the first 21 Serie A video games of the season, after Luis Vinicio (1955/56), Edinson Cavani (2012/13) and Gonzalo Higuaín (2015/16). King.#SpeziaNapoli

— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) February 5, 2023

Along with his double towards Spezia, Osimhe joins Luis Vinicio, Edinson Cavani, and Gonzalo Higuaín in turning into the fourth Napoli participant to attain 16 objectives within the first 21 Serie A video games of a season.