Mauro Icardi had to watch from the stands as Inter were made to work for a 2-1 victory over Sampdoria, with Radja Nainggolan the hero.
Match Events
36' CLOSE! Perisic's shot saved
Oh dear. Audero has just spared himself a nightmare moment. Perisic bobbles a shot towards the Sampdoria keeper which squirms through his legs, and almost over the line, only for a last ditch save.
45' OFFSIDE! Skriniar scores but goal is disallowed
Goal disallowed! The ball is in the net for Inter but it's flagged offside, D'Ambrosio the man penalised.
73'GOAL! Inter 1-0 Sampdoria (D'Ambrosio)
GOOOOOAAAALL! Inter finally have their goal and it's D'Ambrosio! Perisic glides past Bereszynski before prodding a cross to the back post, where the onrushing defender steams in to make it 1-0!
75'GOAL! Inter 1-1 Sampdoria (Gabbiadini)
GOOOOAAAL! Sampdoria equalise! The ball falls for Gabbiadini inside the Inter area, and he has time to set himself and finish so, so calmly. Those were his first few touches... 1-1.
78'GOAL! Inter 2-1 Sampdoria (Nainggolan)
GOOOOAAAAL! Nainggolan is ready and waiting on the edge of the box from a corner to slam home after Skriniar's knock-down. Audero didn't even move, unsighted by the sea of bodies in front of him. 2-1 Inter!
Match Report
Radja Nainggolan came to Inter's rescue in Mauro Icardi's absence to seal a dramatic 2-1 victory over Sampdoria in Serie A on Sunday.
Icardi, who was this week stripped of the captaincy amid ongoing speculation over his future, watched from the San Siro stands due to the knee injury that kept him out of the 1-0 Europa League victory over Rapid Vienna on Thursday.
Inter looked set to rue his absence until Danilo D'Ambrosio opened the scoring in the 73rd minute, but substitute Manolo Gabbiadini pounced on some shoddy defending just 25 seconds after coming on to pull Sampdoria level.
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Line-ups
Inter XI: I. Perišić, S. Handanovič, Nainggolan, De Vrij, D'Ambrosio, M. Brozović, Skriniar, Politano, Gagliardini, Dalbert, Lautaro Martínez
Subs: João Miranda, T. Berni, Candreva, D. Padelli, Valero, Asamoah, Ranocchia, M. Vecino, Cédric Soares, João Mário
Sampdoria XI: Quagliarella, A. Ekdal, B. Bereszyński, Saponara, Tonelli, Praet, Murru, Defrel, K. Linetty, J. Andersen, Emil Audero
Subs: M.Sau, Rafael Cabral, V. Belec, Gabbiadini, J.Sala, O. Colley, A.Ferrari, Júnior Tavares, R. Vieira Nan, M. Bahlouli