Inter Milan claimed the Serie A title on Sunday for the first time in 11 years to end Juventus' nine-year reign in Italy.

Antonio Conte's side clinched their 19th 'Scudetto' after nearest rivals Atalanta drew 1-1 at Sassuolo to leave the 'Nerazzurri' 13 points clear with four games remaining.

Conte had started Juventus's record run, winning the first three titles in a winning streak that stretched from 2012 to 2020.

The 51-year-old took over Inter in 2019 and lifted the trophy after finishing second last season.

"I'm astonished," said Conte.

"We're breaking up a dynasty. Not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that we’d make up this much ground on the team that dominated Serie A for nine years in the space of two seasons.

"This doesn’t mean we're better than Juventus, they have a great squad; we've rolled our sleeves up and started doing some important work, trying to make ourselves credible."

Inter are now second for league trophies in Italy, one ahead of city rivals AC Milan's 18, but still some way short of Juventus' 36.

The Lombardy side had not won Serie A since Jose Mourinho's historic Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia treble in 2010.

Their last trophy was the Coppa Italia in 2011 and they missed out on the Champions League for six seasons before Luciano Spalletti returned them to Europe's top club competition in 2018.

Conte is the 13th coach since Mourinho to sit on the 'Nerazzurri' bench and the club has changed hands twice over the past decade.

Billionaire Massimo Moratti, whose family controls Italian oil refiner Saras Group, sold to a consortium led by Indonesian business tycoon Erik Thohir in 2013, with Chinese electronics retailer Suning Holdings Group taking a majority stake in 2016.

It is the first time that a foreign-owned Italian team has won the league title.

Inter targeted Conte to pull off what he had done at Juventus, who had finished seventh in the two previous seasons before his arrival in 2011.

Club president Steven Zhang hailed the arrival of "one of the best coaches out there, to make this club one of the best in the world again".

Former Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta, who had worked alongside Conte in Turin, joined Inter as CEO for sport in 2018.

In addition to Conte's reported annual salary of 12 million euros ($14.4 million) Inter splashed nearly 220 million euros on transfers in 2019 after his arrival.

"In coming here, I made the toughest decision," said Conte.

"It's a new planet for me. I tested myself, I love big challenges.

"It wasn't easy to win over all the fans and I understand that, but I'm convinced that I've always given my all for the teams that I coach."