Belotti off the mark as Torino wins, Suso free kick rescues Milan

Torino forward Andrea Belotti got off the mark in style by scoring his first Serie A goal of the season with an outrageous scissors kick as they beat Sassuolo 3-0 on Sunday while Milan and Napoli kept up their winning starts. A majestic Suso free kick gave AC Milan a 2-1 win over stubborn Cagliari while Napoli, like Milan, have six points from two games after scoring three second-half goals to beat Atalanta 3-1.

AC Milan stay perfect at the start of 2017/18:

2⃣ Serie A games 4⃣ #UEL qualifiers 6⃣ victories pic.twitter.com/lRDHzbY3Ig— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) August 27, 2017

Three other teams have maximum points, Juventus and Inter Milan, who won on Saturday, and Sampdoria who beat Fiorentina 2-1 away. Torino's eventful match also saw two penalties over-turned, one for each side, after consultations with the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). Belotti, who scored 26 league goals last season and is one of the hottest properties in Italian football, opened the scoring in the 45th minute with a truly outstanding effort.

Andrea Belotti has now scored 7 goals in his last 9 games across all competitions for club and country. Can’t stop, won’t stop. ? pic.twitter.com/cKhctF7t8z— Squawka Football (@Squawka) August 27, 2017

Nicolas N’Koulou flicked the ball over a defender, slipped it to Lorenzo De Silvestri who sent over a long cross to the far post where Belotti, with his back to goal, launched himself into the air and connected with a perfectly-executed overhead volley. The 23-year-old Italy forward also set up the third when he slalomed through the Sassuolo defence for Joel Obi to score in the 88th minute. Adem Ljajic had added the second minutes earlier. Torino coach Sinisa Mihajlovic had wanted to substitute Obi in the 81st minute, and was livid with his assistants when they mistakenly took off Tomas Rincon instead. Torino were awarded a penalty just before the hour for handball by Paolo Cannavaro but the referee changed his mind after consulting the VAR and deciding that it was accidental. Sassuolo were also awarded a penalty which was then revoked after the VAR spotted an offside late in the game. Milan, who have won their first five games of the season in the Europa League and Serie A, took an early lead at San Siro when Patrick Cutrone tapped in Suso's wicked cross at the far post.

Not an easy win, but an important one! ???⚫️ Read the match report of #MilanCagliari https://t.co/oJe1VXdtpR— AC Milan (@acmilan) August 27, 2017

But Cagliari would not lie down and Joao Pedro equalised in the 56th minute after Milan lost possession while trying to play the ball out of defence. Suso, one of only three survivors from last season in the Milan starting line-up, restored their lead by curling in a free kick with 20 minutes left.

❓@suso30oficial did you hear the roar of the 49,525 Red and Black voices? ❤️⚫️ Hai sentito l'urlo di San Siro? ?️#MilanCagliari pic.twitter.com/FNjvxwjJDi— AC Milan (@acmilan) August 27, 2017

Napoli fell behind to a 15th minute header by Bryan Cristante at home to Atalanta and, despite playing with their usual panache, struggled to break down the visitors. Piotr Zielinski finally levelled with an unstoppable shot in the 56th minute and they turned the game around five minutes later when Allan's chipped pass was headed on by Lorenzo Insigne for Dries Mertens to volley in at the far post.

Dries Mertens has been directly involved in 38 Serie A goals since the beginning of last season. 29 goals ⚽️ 9 assists ?️ Key man. pic.twitter.com/Jqy2VKar7J— Squawka Football (@Squawka) August 27, 2017

Marko Rog finished off a well-worked move for the third in the 87th minute.

#Rog is the player number 440 of our history to have scored at least once in azzurra's jersey ? #NapoliAtalanta 3-1 ⚽️ #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/g6ttPgi79S— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) August 28, 2017

Gianluca Caprari and Fabio Quagliarella, from a penalty, scored twice in a three-minute spell in the first half for Sampdoria, who survived several scares after Milan Badelj pulled one back early in the second half for Fiorentina. Promoted Spal won their first game when a stoppage-time goal by Luca Rizzo sunk Udinese 3-2 after the visitors had clawed back a two-goal deficit, with Cyril Thereau equalising from a penalty in the 87th minute.

Manuel Lazzari scored today in SPAL's 1st ever Serie A win. He's been there since Serie D. Saw a merger, 3 promotions. Incredible story pic.twitter.com/mQxDz32szG— Matteo Bonetti (@TheCalcioGuy) August 27, 2017

Si chiude la 2ª giornata della #SerieATIM: ecco la classifica! pic.twitter.com/jOlLbfsIPO— Serie A TIM (@SerieA_TIM) August 27, 2017

RESULTSTorino 3 (Belotti 44, Ljajic 84, Obi 88) Sassuolo 0Chievo 1 (Pucciarelli 34) Lazio 2 (Immobile 11, Milinkovic-Savic 89)Crotone 0 Verona 0Fiorentina 1 (Badelj 50) Sampdoria 2 (Capriari 32, Quagliarella 35-pen)AC Milan 2 (Cutrone 10, Suso 70) Cagliari 1 (Pedro)Napoli 3 (Zielinski 56, Mertens 61, Rog 87) Atalanta 1 (Cristante 15)Spal 3 (Borriello 25, Lazzari 54, Rizzo 90+4) Udinese 2 (Nuytinck 72, Thereau 87-pen)POINTS TABLETEAM   P W D L G GA PtsJuventus      2  2  0  0  7  2  6Inter Milan   2  2  0  0  6  1  6Napoli        2  2  0  0  6  2  6AC Milan      2  2  0  0  4  1  6Sampdoria     2  2  0  0  4  2  6Torino        2  1  1  0  4  1  4Spal          2  1  1  0  3  2  4Bologna       2  1  1  0  2  1  4Lazio         2  1  1  0  2  1  4Chievo        2  1  0  1  3  3  3Roma          2  1  0  1  2  3  3Genoa         2  0  1  1  2  3  1Verona        2  0  1  1  1  3  1Crotone       2  0  1  1  0  3  1Sassuolo      2  0  1  1  0  3  1Udinese       2  0  0  1  3  5  0Benevento     2  0  0  2  1  3  0Atalanta      2  0  0  2  1  4  0Cagliari      2  0  0  2  1  5  0Fiorentina    2  0  0  2  1  5  0