- OOJ - Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain celebrates after scoring against AC Milan (Reuters)
Rafa Benitez’s Napoli recorded their first victory in three games to bring an end to Clarence Seedorf’s unbeaten run as new Milan manager.
Gonzalo Higuaín grabbed an impressive brace and Gokhan Inler also got on the score sheet as Napoli bounced back from two consecutive defeats.
One positive the visitors could take from a pretty torrid night was a debut goal from January loan signing Adel Taarabt.
Taarabt handed the visitors the lead on eight minutes when he dispossessed Faouzi Ghoulam before bursting forward and producing a beautiful curled effort beyond the reach of Christian Abbiati. The Moroccan sprinted towards the away bench to celebrate with coachClarence Seedorf.
But Milan’s joy was short lived as, just three minutes later, Napoli were level when Inler saw his 30 yard effort curl into the back of the net after his shot took a deflection off Nigel de Jong.
After half an hour of sustained pressure which saw Marek Hamsik go close, amongst others, Napoli finally took the lead on 56 minutes through Higuain who lost his marker to glance Inler’s delightful cross into the back of the net.
Milan improved in the latter stages and could have levelled through Taarabt and substitute Giampaolo Pazzini but were denied by decent saves from Pepe Reina.
But Higuain sealed the match seven minutes before time after Hamsik found substitute Jose Callejon with a through pass and he simply passed the ball across goal for Higuain to tap into the back of the net.
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