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Serie A round-up: Arkadiusz Milik brace sends Napoli top

Napoli's Polish forward Arkadiusz Milik celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A football match SSC Napoli vs Bologna FC on September 17, 2016 a
Image: Polish forward Arkadiusz Milik fires Napoli to the top of Serie A

Arkadiusz Milik fired a second-half double as Napoli moved top of Serie A following a 3-1 home win against Bologna.

Striker Milik, a 61st-minute replacement for Manolo Gabbiadini, followed up his midweek Champions League double to score twice in the space of nine minutes in the second period after Bologna striker Simone Verdi had cancelled out Jose Callejon's opener for the hosts.

Bologna played out the final nine minutes with 10 men after Swedish defender Emil Krafth was shown a straight red card for his foul on Napoli midfielder Piotr Zielinski.

Poland international Milik, who scored both Napoli's goals in their 2-1 win in Kiev on Tuesday night, took his tally to six for the season.

Lazio secured their first win since the opening day of the season with a 3-0 home victory against Pescara, which lifted them up to fourth place.

The first half ended goalless after Pescara midfielder Ledian Memushaj had missed the target with a 35th-minute penalty after Bastos had fouled Gianluca Caprari.

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But two headers within the space of five minutes midway through the second half from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (67) and Stefan Radu (72) put Lazio in control and Ciro Immobile (76) lashed home their third.

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