Barella's fabulous free-kick cancelled by Skriniar own goal, Bijol nets winner, Arslan scores in stoppage time. Hosts move to the top of closely-contested Serie A table
2022/2023 Serie A
3-1
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
4' GOAL! Udinese 0-1 Inter (Barella)
12' Yellow Card! Bastoni booked
21' OWN GOAL! Udinese 1-1 Inter (Skriniar)
29' Bastoni's shot hits the crossbar after being saved
30' In the 30th minute of the game, Inter Milan replaced Mkhitaryan and Bastoni
52' CHANCE! Dumfries headed over the bar
55' OFFSIDE! Dzeko's goal disallowed
63' Lovric's long shot saved by Handanovic
73' CLOSE! Deulofeu hits the post
83' GOAL! Udinese 2-1 Inter (Bijol)
92' GOAL! Udinese 3-1 Inter (Arslan)
Match Report
Udinese moved to the top of the Serie A table with a 3-1 win against Inter Milan this afternoon.
A Milan Skriniar own goal in the 22nd minute cancelled out Nicolo Barella's opener in the first half, before Jaka Bijol scored six minutes from time. Tolgay Arslan then added a third late on to secure the three points.
Andrea Sottil will welcome the three points in what has been a tight start to the Serie A season, which sees three teams on 14 points and one on 13 in the early rounds of the season, with Inter in sixth place on 12.
Today's hosts are top of the three with 17 points, though others have games in hand.
Udinese started the better side, with Sandi Lovric firing wide early on against the 2020-21 champions.
Barella though opened the scoring on five minutes with a smart free-kick against the run of play that Marco Silvestri couldn't keep out.
The hosts though continued to push and the equaliser came later in the half when Roberto Pereya's free-kick found its way into the net via Skriniar.
They generally controlled the game and pushed for a winner, and were eventually rewarded for their efforts when Bijol headed home Gerard Deulofeu's corner on 84 minutes to send the home fans into ecstasy.
Arslan's strike secured the three points, with the hosts now going into the international break in fine form with five wins from seven games so far.
Line-ups
Udinese XI: Pereyra, Silvestri, Deulofeu, Walace, S. Lovric, Makengo, Rodrigo Becão, N. Perez, J. Bijol, Beto, I. Udogie
Subs: Padelli, M. Jajalo, Nuytinck, T. Arslan, I. Nestorovski, Success, K. Ehizibue, Enzo Ebosse, L. Samardžić, F. Ebosele, Edoardo Piana, James Abankwah, Simone Pafundi, Axel Guessand
Inter XI: Darmian, Handanovic, Dzeko, Mkhitaryan, Acerbi, Brozovic, Skriniar, Barella, Dumfries, Lautaro, Bastoni
Subs: A. Cordaz, De Vrij, D'Ambrosio, Correa, Dimarco, Gagliardini, Gosens, Onana, Bellanova, M. Zanotti, K. Asllani, Valentin Carboni