Sassuolo fought back late but Inter held on to edge a chaotic seven-goal contest thanks to Lautaro Martinez and Romelu Lukaku braces.
Match Report
Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez combined brilliantly as Inter survived a late Sassuolo recovery to win 4-3 at Mapei Stadium on Sunday.
Defeat to Juventus before the international break shunted Antonio Conte's men down to second in Serie A but a superb performances from their front two trimmed the margin at the top back to a point.
Martinez made an early incision and Lukaku struck twice in seven minutes to establish a two-goal advantage at half-time, Domenico Berardi having fleetingly restored parity for the hosts.
Serie A's Standing
Match Events
2' GOAL! Sassuolo 0-1 Inter (Lautaro)
Inter won a corner early on, which Sassuolo initially clear, but the visitors work the ball back into the final third and it comes to Martinez on the left-hand side of the box, he cuts inside and curls it into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.
16' GOAL! Sassuolo 1-1 Inter (Berardi)
Berardi with a superb finish, getting past Biraghi in the penalty area and drilling the ball past Handanovic and into the far left-hand corner of the net, with his weaker right foot.
38' GOAL! Sassuolo 1-2 Inter (Lukaku)
45' Penalty Goal! Sassuolo 1-3 Inter (Lukaku)
Lukaku converts the penalty and makes it 3-1 from the spot! A second goal for the Belgian, he sends Consigli the wrong way, putting the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.
71' Penalty Goal! Sassuolo 1-4 Inter (Lautaro)
Lukaku misses the chance to get his hat-trick as Martinez takes responsibility and he makes no mistakes with the finish, sending Consigli the wrong way.
74' GOAL! Sassuolo 2-4 Inter (Djuricic)
Djuricic with a good finish from just inside the penalty area, passing the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of the net through a few Inter defenders. Caputo moved out wide and drilled the ball into the path of his team-mate, who produced a fine finish.
81' GOAL! Sassuolo 3-4 Inter (Boga)
Sassuolo are throwing everything at this game and Boga has now put them within one goal of Inter. It's a wonderful run from the Sassuolo man, beating three Inter defenders, cutting inside from the left wing and placing the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.
Line-ups
Sassuolo XI: F. Peluso, A. Consigli, F. Magnanelli, F. Caputo, Pedro Obiang, A. Duncan, D. Berardi, Marlon, A. Tripaldelli, H. Traorè, M. Müldür
Subs: F. Đuričić, J. Toljan, G. Defrel, J. Boga, G. Kiriakopoulos, F. Romagna, M. Locatelli, G. Raspadori, A. Russo, A. Ghion
Inter XI: S. Handanovič, A. Candreva, R. Lukaku, S. de Vrij, M. Brozović, C. Biraghi, M. Škriniar, R. Gagliardini, N. Barella, Lautaro Martínez, A. Bastoni
Subs: T. Berni, D. Padelli, Borja Valero, D. Godín, K. Asamoah, A. Ranocchia, M. Vecino, V. Lazaro, M. Politano, F. Dimarco, S. Esposito
Desmondeyum
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The day man Utd needs Lukaku, he is out performing wonders for another team
VanishPrasad
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Name : Martinez. Job : Lewandowski
TheDarKnight13
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This is how life changes : Lukaku in Man Utd was a dead wood Lukaku in Milan is causing death for opposition
VanishPrasad
567
Best part of this game : Happy Birthday Mum.
Dinnaloe
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GIF GIF GIF!: http://www.goalgif.club/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=52920285&language=en
sehajbains_02
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Napoli vs Juventus (3-4) Inter vs Juventus (1-2) Inter vs Sassuolo (3-4).. And some fools called it Farmers league.. Serie A is still one of the best...
raynknight
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Lukaku turned from Higuain to Ronaldo just by leaving Manchester united 😁
basketballer
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Lukaku's Wifi Got Connected to the Inter's Mobile When Manchester United Needed it the Most 😄
ronnie_luv
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L for Lautaro😁 L for Lukaku😎 L for Love❤
VanishPrasad
364
Manchester United fans I feel your pains right now
sehajbains_02
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Juventus, Roma, Inter, AC Milan, Napoli, Atlanta, Fiorentina, Parma.... Serie A is still the best... Surprisingly... when Cristiano was in la liga, only la liga live stream channels were there in my country not even EPL... Now Cristiano shifted to Serie A, and now There are two channels of Serie A live stream with English commentary and Italian
VanishPrasad
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Look at all these players , they played well with their previous team, flopped in Manchester United and then flourished again after their move away from Manchester United; - Di Maria. - Deepay. - Sanchez. - Lukaku. - etc.
SouthForK50
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Good game Inter tho they almost fell off in the second Half . United board must be regretting now for letting Lukaku go ..He has scored more goals than all of man u strikers combined this season . very lethal I pray they challenge Juve for the title
sehajbains_02
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Lukaku and Lautaro.. This L2 duo will make trouble this season against us