Serie A: Inter Milan lengthen unbeaten begin with 3-1 win at Fiorentina

Inter Milan’s assault is likely to be higher off with out Romelu Lukaku.

The Nerazzurri are spreading the scoring round extra and enjoying as a extra cohesive unit since Lukaku left for European champion Chelsea.

Three days after a 6-1 rout of Bologna, Inter recovered from a objective down for a 3-1 away win on Tuesday over a Fiorentina aspect that had gained three straight.

Matteo Darmian, Edin Džeko and Ivan Perišic scored for Inter after Riccardo Sottil’s opener for Fiorentina because the Serie A champion prolonged its unbeaten begin with a fourth win in 5 matches.

The victory moved Inter one level above excellent Napoli atop the Italian league desk, with Napoli to go to Sampdoria on Thursday.

With 18 objectives in 5 matches, Inter has the most efficient assault within the league and likewise the very best variety of completely different scorers (11) — just about erasing worries about changing the 24 league objectives that Lukaku scored final season.

“We’ve had a great start to the season but I think we can still improve,” mentioned new Inter coach Simone Inzaghi, who was employed when Antonio Conte stepped down days after main the Nerazzurri to their first Serie A title in 11 years.

“We lost three key players this summer in Lukaku, (Achraf) Hakimi and (Christian) Eriksen but we’re coming together,” Inzaghi added.

Inter’s third objective got here after Fiorentina ahead Nicolás González was proven two yellow playing cards in succession for protests.

ATALANTA GAINING RHYTHM

Considering its high-powered assault of the previous couple of seasons, Atalanta continues to be working its means into kind.

The Bergamo squad beat visiting Sassuolo 2-1 with first-half objectives from Robin Gosens and Davide Zappacosta.

Domenico Berardi pulled one again for Sassuolo after the break.

Atalanta moved into fourth, three factors behind Inter.

SCOTTISH GOAL

Aaron Hickey grew to become the primary Scottish participant to attain in Serie A since Graeme Souness in 1986 with the opening objective for Bologna in a 2-2 draw towards Genoa.

The different Scots to attain within the Italian league had been Joe Jordan and Denis Law.

Genoa twice got here again from a objective down, with Domenico Criscito’s 89th-minute penalty serving as the ultimate equalizer.

Hickey, a 19-year-old left again, scored with an extended, low shot via visitors following a rebound.