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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
Sport
Ewan Paton

Watch as Billy Gilmour scores first club career goal for Napoli

Billy Gilmour scored the first goal of his club career for Napoli last night, as he helped the Serie A champions on their way to a 3-2 victory over Pisa.

The Scotland international has over 120 games under his belt having turned out for Chelsea, Norwich, Brighton and Napoli.

Amazingly, the opener in last night's league match in Naples was his first club goal, with his two previous strikes coming in a Scotland shirt against France and Poland in recent years.

Gilmour received the ball on the edge of the area, producing a deft first touch to sell the Pisa defender a dummy.

The 24-year-old then sent the ball towards the goal with a left-foot strike, which was deflected on its way into the net.

Gilmour got the scoring under on 39 minutes, as Leonardo Spinazzola and Lorenzo Lucca rounded off the game for Antonio Conte's men, sending them back to the summit of Serie A after the weekend's action.

Gilmour came into the team in place of Stanislav Lobotka, as he sat alongside Kevin De Bruyne, with Scott McTominay - who finished 18th in the Ballon D'or rankings - playing more advanced.

The former Rangers academy product had to bide his time for a starting berth in Conte's side, after only coming off the bench on three occasions so far this campaign.

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