Inter’s good begin to the brand new Serie A season got here to an finish with a 3-1 defeat at Lazio on Friday night time.
Simone Inzaghi’s males opened the brand new marketing campaign with wins towards Lecce and Spezia, however got here crashing again down to Earth with a defeat at the Stadio Olimpico.
Star strikers Ciro Immobile and Romelu Lukaku missed golden possibilities for both aspect within the opening exchanges, with the Lazio ahead firing extensive from shut vary and Inter’s returning Belgian heading over.
Mattia Zacagni compelled Samir Handanovic into a wise save simply after the half hour mark earlier than denying the ever-active Immobile.
But the Slovenian was unable to forestall the hosts from taking the lead on the stroke of half-time. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic’s by way of ball was met by Felipe Anderson, who acquired between Handanovic and Federico Dimarco to nod Lazio forward.
Handanovic once more denied Immobile simply after the break earlier than Lautaro Martinez levelled the scores. Lazio had been unable to cope with a Dimarco free-kick and the diminutive Argentine picked his spot after being left unmarked.
Inter continued to push for a winner, however had been caught blindsided by a depraved strike from Luis Alberto and fell behind once more. His thunderbolt from 25 yards discovered the very high nook and took everybody unexpectedly with quarter-hour remaining.
Inzaghi made a number of attacking substitutions to try to salvage some extent, however former Barcelona winger Pedro added Lazio’s third 5 minutes from time as Maurizio Sarri’s aspect moved to the highest of the Serie A desk.
