Inter were 1-0 down at San Siro, but Mauro Icardi’s stunning volley and a Matias Vecino header turned it around in seven minutes to beat Tottenham Hotspur and seal first Champions League win after six years.
2018/2019 UEFA Champions League
2-1
Match Events
13' Eriksen's free-kick parried away by Handanovic
21' Yellow Card! Skriniar booked
Skriniar gets the first booking of the game after he brings down Son near the left edge of the Inter box. Spurs tip their free-kick into Davies who manages a touch with his head - but the ball ricochets around the penalty area and eventually is claimed by Handanovic.
27' DANGER! Sanchez's flick punched away by Vorm
38' What a miss from Kane!
What a chance for Kane! The Tottenham captain blows a brilliant opportunity to hand his side the lead as he times his run to perfection to avoid the offside trap and meet a looping cross from Eriksen - only to be unable to finish the move as Handanovic forces him wide.
53' GOAL! Inter 0-1 Tottenham (Eriksen)
ERIKSEN HANDS TOTTENHAM THE LEAD! 1-0! The Spurs man curls a low shot in towards the bottom-left corner that Handanovic deflects back out into the box. Lamela lands a touch to steer it back to the Denmark man following a Miranda deflection and his second effort tips it over the keeper, arcing into the back of the net. Inter trail at home with just over 50 minutes on the clock.
58' SAVE! Perisic's low header collected well by Vorm
62' OFFSIDE! Son's goal disallowed
85' GOAL! Inter 1-1 Tottenham (Icardi)
ICARDI WITH THE VOLLEY! 1-1! Inter are back on level terms with a wonderful strike from their captain. Asamoah crosses from the left wing and pulls it back to the striker just outside the box who then blasts the ball into the bottom-left corner past Vorm. What a goal.
92' GOAL! Inter 2-1 Tottenham (Vecino)
VECINO WITH THE HEADER! 2-1 TO INTER! It's the most remarkable of turnarounds in fortunes at San Siro; Inter look like they have snatched a victory from the jaws of defeat! The corner from the right finds De Vrij who heads back across towards the right post; Vecino pops up and plants his header on the angle in at the left side past Vorm. Celebration for the hosts; despair for Tottenham.
Match reports
Inter mounted a stunning late turnaround to come from behind and shock Tottenham with a dramatic 2-1 Champions League victory at a raucous San Siro on Tuesday.
With five minutes of normal time remaining, the home side were trailing to Christian Eriksen's heavily deflected strike until Mauro Icardi and Matias Vecino netted in quick succession to turn the Group B encounter on its head.
Spurs were perhaps fortunate to see Eriksen's opener loop over Samir Handanovic off Miranda, but Mauricio Pochettino's side looked in little danger of relinquishing their lead heading into the final stages.
Inter were inspired by Icardi's moment of magic, however, the captain thundering a first-time volley into the bottom-left corner from 20 yards before Vecino nodded in Stefan de Vrij's header from a corner in the second minute of stoppage time.
t was a dramatic denouement to a largely scrappy affair, which had taken 37 minutes for either team to carve out a chance of any note - Harry Kane rounding Handanovic but then losing control after being picked out by Eriksen's majestic chipped pass.
That disappointment was swiftly overcome after the resumption, though, as a flat-footed Handanovic clawed unsuccessfully at Eriksen's effort, having got down smartly to keep out the initial shot.
And there was little sign of the late drama to come as Icardi thumped in Kwadwo Asamoah's cross from the left before Vecino was in the right place to secure Inter's celebratory return to European football's top table for the first time since 2011-12.
Line-ups
Internazionale XI: João Miranda, I. Perišić, S. Handanovič, Nainggolan, Asamoah, De Vrij, M. Vecino, M. Brozović, Skriniar, Icardi, Politano
Subs: T. Berni, Candreva, D. Padelli, Valero, Ranocchia, D'Ambrosio, K. Baldé
Tottenham Hotspur XI: J. Vertonghen, M. Dembélé, Michel Vorm, Lamela, C. Eriksen, Son Heung-Min, Aurier, H. Kane, B.Davies, E. Dier, D. Sánchez
Subs: F.Llorente, D. Rose, Wanyama, Lucas, Gazzaniga, Winks, K.W Peters