The Argentina World Cup winner scored again Sunday to help Inter to a 1-0 win at Fiorentina, which had a penalty saved.
Inter moved back to the top of Serie A and with a game in hand, after its involvement in the Italian Super Cup in
Inter hosts
It was a league-leading 19th goal for Lautaro in as many matches. He also netted the goal that gave Inter the Italian Super Cup on Monday.
Fiorentina remained two points behind fourth-place Atalanta.
The home side had the ball in the back of the net in the 11th minute. M’Bala Nzola ran onto a long ball over the top and nutmegged Inter goalkeeper
Instead, Inter took the lead three minutes later as a corner was whipped in from the left for Lautaro's header at the near post.
Fiorentina almost equalized 10 minutes before the break but Sommer pulled off a magnificent save to fingertip Giacomo Bonaventura’s corner over the bar at full stretch.
The hosts felt they should have had a penalty from the resulting corner as
Fiorentina did get a penalty in the 75th minute, following another VAR check, after Sommer went to push the ball clear but instead punched Nzola in the face.
Sommer went from villain to hero for Inter as he comfortably saved a weak penalty from Nicolás González.
Remarkably it was the fifth failed spot kick in Serie A this weekend, out of seven.
TENSE DRAW
The result left
Last year,
Both teams were looking to bounce back from losses in the Italian Super Cup.
However, both teams also had a number of star players missing.
Ciro Immobile and
Some sections of the Stadio Olimpico were closed as punishment for racist chants against
There were no shots on target during a drab first half but
Castellanos also saw another effort cleared off the line by
STUNNING STRIKE
A magnificent goal from
Nikola Krstović had a penalty saved by
However, Mateo Retegui leveled in the 70th minute and Ekuban scored what was to prove the winner just six minutes later with an acrobatic volley.
Sassuolo is only a point clear of danger after losing 1-0 at Monza.
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