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Jasprit Bumrah Lauds Zlatan Ibrahimovic As Milan Defeats Napoli
By CricShots - Nov 23, 2020 3:12 pm
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic seems to be getting better with his age. The 39-year-old, who is currently with AC Milan, helped the Italians to their first Serie A win over Napoli in the last decade on Monday. He scored a brace in a 1-3 away victory. Hailed by fans across social media, the Swede has been receiving a lot of from none other than Jasprit Bumrah.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Zlatan Ibrahimovic

The Indian fast bowler took to Twitter to hail the forward and posted a photo of him. It was captioned as, “Just keeps getting better @Ibra_official”.

The Swede’s brace brought his season’s tally to 10 league goals, but Zlatan couldn’t stay on till the end of the match, limping off with a muscle strain.Ā Ibrahimovic scored his first goal against Napoli, heading in a cross from Theo Hernandez in the first half. Then in the 54th-minute, he scored with his knee. But then after 79-minutes, he had to leave with an injury.

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Milan’s other goal was scored by Jens Petter Hauge. Meanwhile, Dries Mertens scored the only goal for Napoli. The hosts also lost a man in Tiemoue Bakayoko, who received a red card in the second half. It is worth noting that Ibrahimovic has scored in all six games he has played this season. He missed a couple of games due to coronavirus.

The win helped Milan stay on top of the Serie A table, with 20 points from eight matches. Sassuolo is currently second with 18 points, meanwhile, Roma are third. Defending champions Juventus are in the fourth position and Inter Milan are fifth.

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Bumrah is in Australia as Team India is scheduled to lock horns with the hosts for a three-match ODI series and as many a T20I followed by a four-match Test series.