Inter Milan fired to the top

By Daily Sports on November 26, 2017

Argentina striker Mauro Icardi bagged another brace to send Inter Milan top of Serie A on Saturday with a 3-1 win at Cagliari.

In-form skipper Icardi opened Inter's account after 29 minutes in Sardinia, before adding a second seven minutes from time to bring his tally to 15 goals this season.

Inter's Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic came off the bench and immediately found the net on 55 minutes, with Leonardo Pavoletti reducing the deficit for Cagliari 19 minutes from time.

Luciano Spalletti's side remain unbeaten 14 games into the season with 36 points, putting them one point ahead of Napoli who travel to Udinese on Sunday, and five ahead of champions Juventus who host Crotone.

"At first we suffered but this was the performance of a strong side," Spalletti told Mediaset Premium.
"Icardi took a knock after 30 seconds, he was pained for a few minutes, we missed his contribution at that time, we lost a bit of distance.

"Cagliari were pressing us so hard it was violent. They were rushing at us at full force the second we got the ball.

"In the second half, we went back to a four-man defence and played more of our football."

Despite Icardi's heroics, Inter could also thank goalkeeper Samir Handanovic for pulling off some key saves, noteably from Pavoletti.

After a charging start by Cagliari kept Handanovic busy in the first half-hour, Icardi latched onto an Ivan Perisic cross to open the scoring.

•Photo shows Mauro Icardi .

Source Daily Sports

Posted November 26, 2017


 

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