Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s double ensured Inter Milan continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 5-1 drubbing against bitter rivals AC Milan.
Match Events
0' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?
5' GOAL! Inter 1-0 Milan (Mkhitaryan)
10' CLOSE! Mkhitaryan’s shot wide out
25' Yellow Card! Malick Thiaw booked
30' CLOSE! Theo’s shot wide out
38' GOAL! Inter 2-0 Milan (Thuram)
58' GOAL! Inter 2-1 Milan (Leao)
65' What a save from Maignan!
69' GOAL! Inter 3-1 Milan (Mkhitaryan)
72' Yellow Card! Calhanoglu booked
78' Penalty Goal! Inter 4-1 Milan (Calhanoglu)
93' GOAL! Inter 5-1 Milan (Frattesi)
Match Report
Mkhitaryan set the tone in the fifth minute with a clean first-time effort from close range, which found the bottom corner and the goal stood despite a VAR check for a foul in the build-up.
The former Manchester United and Arsenal midfielder came close to a second with his header flashing wide of goal and Federico Dimarco then fired a free-kick over the crossbar before Theo Hernandez tried his luck for Milan, but his effort rolled past the post.
Thuram struck to double Inter’s advantage in the 38th minute with a stunning strike across the face of goal and into the top corner.
Milan had a chance after being awarded a free-kick outside the box just before the break, but Olivier Giroud blasted the ball over the bar.
Despite a bright start from Inter in the second half, it was Milan who pulled one back in the 58th minute after a superb through-ball from Giroud found Leao and his deflected shot landed in the net.
Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan made a good dive to his right to deny Carlos Augusto, who smashed the ball from outside the box, as Inter ramped up the pressure.
Nerazzurri struck again in the 68th minute after a great team move saw Lautaro Martinez lay the ball off to Mkhitaryan before the midfielder found the bottom corner, helped by a deflection, to earn his brace.
Milan’s misery continued when Hernandez conceded a penalty after catching Martinez in the box and Calhanoglu made no mistake from the spot in the 79th minute, blasting the ball low underneath Maignan.
Frattesi capped off a dominant evening for Inter after bursting through the Milan defence to latch onto the end of Mkhitaryan’s well-timed pass and tucked the ball home.
Line-ups
Inter XI: Sommer, Darmian, Mkhitaryan, Acerbi, Calhanoglu, Dimarco, Barella, Thuram, Dumfries, Lautaro, Bastoni
Subs: Sanchez, Arnautovic, Cuadrado, De Vrij, Klaassen, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Sensi, Emil Audero, Pavard, Frattesi, Yann Bisseck, Carlos Augusto, Agoume, Kristjan Asllani
Milan XI: Kjaer, Giroud, Maignan, Loftus-Cheek, Krunic, Calabria, Theo, Pulisic, Tijjani Reijnders, Leao, Malick Thiaw
Subs: Mirante, Florenzi, Sportiello, Jovic, Samuel Chukwueze, Tommaso Pobega, Yacine Adli, Noah Okafor, Yunus Musah, Marco Pellegrino, Luka Romero, Davide Bartesaghi