20 Sep 2010

Eto'o stars again in Inter's win over Palermo

12:24 pm on 20 September 2010

Samuel Eto'o scored both goals in Inter Milan's 2-1 comeback win at Palermo to send the defending champions joint top of Serie A, the Italian football league.

Inter have seven points from three games, level with promoted Cesena, who beat Lecce 1-0 despite the referee saying he had wrongly sent off Giuseppe Colucci in the first half after a case of mistaken identity.

The Cameroonian Eto'o was often overshadowed by strike partner Diego Milito in Inter's stunning treble triumph last term but their roles have been reversed so far this season.

While Milito has struggled, Eto'o has started his second campaign at Inter in supreme form and again dug Rafael Benitez's inconsistent side out of a hole.

Slovenian Josip Ilicic put struggling Palermo ahead in the first half before Eto'o produced a piece of magic to equalise on 62 minutes following Milito's pass and soon finished off a fine move involving Dejan Stankovic and Maicon to seal victory.