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Paulo Dybala hits hat trick for Juventus as Nikola Kalinic earns win for Milan

Paulo Dybala and Dries Mertens both scored hat tricks as Juventus and Napoli maintained their 100 per cent records in Serie A.

On his 100th appearance for Juventus, the 23-year-old Dybala took his tally to 52 goals, with eight of those having come in this season's four league games, as The Old Lady defeated Sassuolo 3-1.

It was a strong response to Tuesday's 3-0 Champions League loss to Barcelona for Massimiliano Allegri's side, yet they were soon displaced at the top of the table when Mertens registered a treble of his own as Napoli thrashed Benevento 6-0 to ensure that they, like Juve and Inter Milan, all have a maximum 12 points so far.

Dybala had opened the scoring with a brilliant first-time shot curled into the net from 25 yards and another fine effort, this one poked home from just inside the box, made it 2-0 in the second half.

Matteo Politano pulled one back for Sassuolo but this was to be Dybala's day and he completed his treble, his second of the season in Serie A, with a free-kick shortly after the hour mark.

AC Milan, defeated 4-1 by Lazio last weekend, also recorded a victory with Nikola Kalinic opening his account in the league for his new club in a 2-1 success over Udinese.

Kalinic scored a nine-minute brace in the first half that came either side of Kevin Lasagna's equaliser for the visitors.

Kalinic thought he had scored a third goal eight minutes from time but it was ruled out for offside through VAR.

Udinese also had a goal for Kevin Lasagna ruled out by the video assistant referee early on.

Napoli also bounced back from midweek disappointment in Europe as Benevento, still yet to pick up a point in their maiden Serie A campaign, were put to the sword 6-1.

Shakhtar Donetsk beat Napoli 2-1 in their Champions League group stage opener on Wednesday but Maurizio Sarri's team looked in the mood as they went 4-0 up inside 32 minutes through Allan, Lorenzo Insigne, Mertens and Jose Callejon.

Mertens then converted two second-half penalties, the second of which came in the final minute, to ensure Dybala was not the only hat trick scorer on Sunday.

Both Torino and Sampdoria's unbeaten records remain intact following a 2-2 draw in Turin.

The visitors went ahead inside a minute through Duvan Zapata but Torino responded with two goals in as many minutes from Daniele Baselli and Andrea Belotti before Fabio Quagliarella levelled prior to the interval.

Cagliari claimed a 2-0 success at SPAL thanks to goals from Nicolo Barella and Joao Pedro.

In the day's late game, two goals from in-form Ciro Immobile helped Lazio maintain their unbeaten start to the season as they beat Genoa 3-2 in a thriller.

Bastos gave the side from the capital the lead after 13 minutes but Pietro Pellegri had the home team level 12 minutes after the break.

Immobile grabbed his first of the game in the 70th minute but the advantage lasted just three minutes, with Pellegri grabbing his second before Immobile scored the winner with eight minutes remaining.

The Italy striker now has nine goals in six games in all competitions for his team this season as they sit fourth in the table.

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