{"id":295491,"date":"2023-11-04T23:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T23:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295491"},"modified":"2023-11-04T23:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T23:24:01","slug":"atalanta-1-2-inter-milan-simone-inzaghis-side-top-of-serie-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/atalanta-1-2-inter-milan-simone-inzaghis-side-top-of-serie-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Atalanta 1-2 Inter Milan: Simone Inzaghi's side top of Serie A"},"content":{"rendered":"
Inter Milan’s Hakan Calhanoglu and Lautaro Martinez scored either side of halftime for a 2-1 win at Atalanta in Serie A on Saturday, securing Simone Inzaghi’s side top spot for another week.<\/p>\n
Calhanoglu opened the scoring with a penalty just before the break and Martinez doubled Inter’s advantage with a shot inside the far post before Gianluca Scamacca pulled one back for the hosts after the hour mark.<\/p>\n
Inter, on 28 points from 11 games, provisionally extended their lead to five points over second-placed Juventus, who travel to Fiorentina on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Inter, who are now unbeaten against Atalanta in their last 10 Serie A games, have equalled their longest streak of consecutive games without losing against the Nerazzurri, which was set between December 1950 and March 1955.<\/p>\n
Inter bided their time in the first half and registered their first attempt on target past the half-hour mark.<\/p>\n
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Inter Milan captain Lautaro Martinez celebrating his excellently taken goal against Atalanta<\/p>\n
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A firefighter was forced to remove flares from the pitch at the Gewiss Stadium during the game\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Matteo Darmian was brought down by goalkeeper Juan Musso inside the penalty area<\/p>\n
But Calhanoglu put the visitors in front from the spot just before the interval after they were awarded a penalty for a challenge by goalkeeper Juan Musso on Matteo Darmian.<\/p>\n
Former AC Milan midfielder Calhanoglu has scored 10 out of 10 penalties in Serie A since 2017-18 behind only Romelu Lukaku’s perfect 14.<\/p>\n
Martinez thought he had made it 2-0 for Inter with a header in the 54th minute but his effort was ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n
But the Argentine made no mistake with a shot inside the far post three minutes later for his 12th league goal this season.<\/p>\n
Scamacca gave the home side some hope when he netted a low shot, profiting from a neat pass by Ademola Lookman, but they failed to find an equaliser with their few remaining chances.<\/p>\n
Atalanta went down to 10 men in stoppage time as substitute Rafael Toloi got a second booking for a foul on Alexis Sanchez.<\/p>\n
Gian Piero Gasperini’s side, who conceded their first goals at home this season, are fifth with 19 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They are two points behind fourth-placed champions Napoli, who beat bottom side Salernitana 2-0 earlier on Saturday with goals from Giacomo Raspadori and Elif Elmas. Salernitana set a club record of 12 consecutive Serie A games without a win.<\/p>\n
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Skipper Martinez leads the celebrations as Inter grab hold of Serie A top spot with win<\/p>\n
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Former West Ham flop Scamacca grabbed what only proved to be a consolation for Atalanta<\/p>\n
Atalanta<\/span>\u00a0(3-4-1-2):<\/span>\u00a0Musso; Scalvini (Toloi), Djimsiti, Kolasinac (Pasalic); Ruggeri, Ederson, de Roon, Zappacosta (Hateboer); Koopmeiners (Muriel), Scamacca, Lookman (De Ketelaere)<\/span><\/p>\n Unused subs:<\/span> Rossi, Carnesecchi, Zortea, Bonfati, Bakker, Adopo, Holm, Miranchuk\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Scorers:<\/span>\u00a0Scamacca<\/span><\/p>\n Booked:<\/span>\u00a0Toloi, Kolasinac, de Roon<\/span><\/p>\n Red card:<\/span>\u00a0Toloi<\/span><\/p>\n Manager:<\/span> <\/span>Gian Piero Gasperini<\/p>\n Inter Milan: (3-5-2):<\/span> Sommer; Pavard (Darmian), de Vrij, Acerbi, Dumfries, Barella, Calhanoglu (Asllani), Mkhitaryan (Fratessi), Dimarco (Augusto); Thuram, Martinez (Sanchez)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Unused subs:<\/span>\u00a0Di Gennaro, Audero, Bissek, Bastoni, Agoume, Klaassen, Sensi, Sanchez<\/span><\/p>\n Scorers: <\/span>Calhanoglu,\u00a0Martinez<\/span><\/p>\n Manager:<\/span>\u00a0Simone Inzaghi<\/span><\/p>\n Referee:<\/span>\u00a0Simone Sozza\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n It’s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\nIT’S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n