Dries Mertens Scores Against Roma and Does Weird Dog Peeing Celebration

Roma hosted Napoli in Serie A this afternoon, with the visitors desperately looking to narrow the gap at the top of the table.

Luckily, Dries Mertens was on hand to give Napoli a great chance of doing exactly that, as his first-half strike gave Maurizio Sarri's team the lead going into the interval.

And while a clash between the second and third placed teams in Italy would usually fluster thoughts of passionate supporters and full-blooded tackles, for Mertens it clearly means something very different...

After the Belgian forward broke free of his marker, charged into the Roma box and delicately chipped Arsenal loanee Wojciech Szczesny, Mertins ran to the corner flag.

However, rather than simply accepting the adoration of the Napoli fans, Mertens fell to his knees, got on all fours and proceeded to impersonate a dog peeing on the corner flag.

We can only assume Mertens celebration has something to do with, underdogs...or something?

It's weird.

If he was hoping psych the opposition out then it clearly worked as Napoli went on to win the match 2-1, whatever works I guess...