Osimhen makes Serie A history for Napoli, equals Cavani, Higuain feats

Victor Osimhen has made history as only the fourth player in Napoli history to score at least 16 goals in the first 21 Serie A games of the season, after Luis Vinicio (1955/56), Edinson Cavani (2012/13) and Gonzalo Higuaín (2015/16).

The Nigerian hits a brace, his seventh in 68 Serie A games to help Napoli to a 3-0 defeat of Spezia and says it is a ‘great privilege’ for him to make history for Napoli.

“Congratulations to the team, it’s good to contribute two goals. Big respect to Spezia, they gave us a good fight in the first half,” Osimhen told Sky Sport Italia.

“We needed these points to keep the momentum going. I’m happy with the win and of course to be in the history of Napoli is a great privilege for me, so I am very happy for this.”

“All the victories are important, we need to keep the momentum and try to win all games. It is not going to be easy of course, Serie A is a very competitive league and we have to be on top of our game. We go back, we prepare for the next game, that is the most important thing.”