Inter Milan secured a critical 2-1 win over Fiorentina in San Siro, moving them to a point of Serie A Napoli leaders.
Marko Arnautovic’s second half sealed the victory for Simone Inzaghi men, who revealed their 3-0 defeat to the same opposition just four days earlier.
INTER has begun to look for their recent failure in Florence. Carlos Augusto wing and captain Lautaro Martinez came close to opening the standings, hitting the wood in the early stages.
Their perseverance was attributed to the 28th minute, when a corner by Hakan Calhanoglu led to his own goal by Fiorentina Center-back-back-back Marin Pongracic, giving an interfi a lead.
Fiorentina struggled to win a foot in the game, but gave a salvation just before the break. A header by Robin Gosens struck Matteo Darmian’s hand in the box, leading to a VAR criticism and a penalty for visitors.
Rolando Mandragora was reinforced and confidently sent the Yann Sommer spot-past, leveled the score in 1-1 before halftime.
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Inter lost some time confirmed their dominance in the second half and was a replacement for Marko Arnautovic who made the difference. Austrian, who had replaced Marcus Thuram in the first half due to injury, increased the highest to the 52nd minute to home a precise cross from Augusto, restoring the lead of Inter.
From that moment on, the side -controlled processes of Inzaghi, limiting Fiorentina to limited opportunities.
Despite the delayed pressure from visitors, including a long -range effort by Piotr Zielinski who forced the savings by David de Gea, Inter had stable to claim all three points.
Niki sees Inter move to 54 points, only one behind Napoli, holding them firmly in the title match
. They are now preparing for a critical conflict against Juventus’ fifth place on Sunday. Fiorentina, which remains sixth with 42 points, will look back on when they host 16th placed como on the same day.
