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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 21038817" data-attributes="member: 158020">Mertens matches 22-season feat with consecutive hat-tricks <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/GOAL/30/37/dries-mertens-napoli-torino-serie-a_1h8ajxm6nt5oz12g0tavkdjbjf.jpg?t=308867697&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Dries Mertens' hat-trick for Napoli against Torino establishes him as the first player since the 1994-95 Serie A season to net consecutive trebles.The Belgian was in stunning form against the Granata, beating Joe Hart three times inside the first 22 minutes of the tie at San Paolo. Coming off the back of three goals in the 5-0 demolition of Cagliari last weekend, Mertens has now netted back-to-back hat-tricks, being the first player in 22 seasons to do so. When Mertens added a fourth later on, it meant the former PSV star has now scored seven goals in the league since the start of the month - more than any team other than Napoli in the same space of time. He has found a new lease of life deployed as a false No.9 by Maurizio Sarri, and demonstrated his goalscoring prowess with his fourth goal in the second half against Torino, sensationally chipping Hart.</blockquote>

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