Icardi exceeds 100 goals in Serie A as Inter rout Sampdoria 5-0

Genoa (Italy) March 18 (IANS) Argentine striker Mauro Icardi scored his 100th Serie A goal on Sunday then went on to score three more as he led Inter Milan s 5-0 rout of Sampdoria in the Italian football league.

After finding the back of the net four times on Sunday Icardi now has 103 Serie A goals to his name reported Efe.

His teammate Ivan Perisic opened the scoring on a header in the 26th minute but the rest of Inter s goals belonged to Icardi.

The 25-year-old forward Icardi ended his three-month goalless drought by successfully converting a penalty in the 30th minute.

A mere two minutes later he struck again with a nice back-heel touch that got past Sampdoria goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano.

Icardi made the most of a deflected ball by Viviano inside the area to score his third goal with one minute to go before the first-half stoppage time.

Following the half Icardi made Sampdoria s back line pay for their failure to clear the ball as he made his fourth goal in the 52nd minute his 93rd goal for Inter.

Icardi originally made his Serie A debut with Sampdoria scoring 10 goals during his two-year spell with the first team before joining Inter Milan in 2013.

After the win Inter reached the fourth spot in the Serie A table with 55 points while Sampdoria sit in the seventh spot with 44 points.

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