Inter moved to the top of Serie A with a clinical 2-1 victory over Genoa at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris on Sunday.
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Match Report
With rivals AC Milan and Napoli both dropping points earlier in the day, Cristian Chivu's side were presented with a huge chance to claim top spot, and they took full advantage.
The visitors took the lead after just six minutes, though it came from an unlikely source as Yann Bisseck collected Lautaro Martinez's pass on the right edge of the box before cutting past Mikael Ellertsson and lasering in a brilliant left-footed strike at the near post.
Inter continued to press and went close soon after, as Pio Esposito cleverly dummied Petar Sucic's pass into Martinez's path, forcing a point-blank save from Nicola Leali.
Esposito was denied again by Leali just past the half-hour mark before Inter doubled their lead in the 38th minute as Martinez combined with Sucic in the box before rifling a powerful finish into the bottom-right corner.
The Nerazzurri took their foot off the gas briefly in the second half, opening the door for Daniele De Rossi's team to threaten a comeback through Vitinha, who collected Aaron Martin's deflected cross inside the area before calmly rounding Yann Sommer to set up a tense a finish.
Inter were made to withstand some late pressure from Genoa as Caleb Ekuban headed on target, while Marcus Thuram was denied minutes earlier at the other end by a stunning reflex save from Leali.
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Data Debrief: Ever-consistent Martinez shines again
Inter have now scored in 14 of their 15 Serie A matches this season, more than any other side in the competition.
And a major driver of that attacking consistency has been Martinez. The Argentine is now one of only four players to be directly involved in 10 or more goals in each of the last seven seasons across Europe's top five leagues, along with Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland, and Harry Kane.
The Inter captain leads Serie A with eight goals this season, while also adding three assists. Against Genoa, he took five shots in total, four of them on target, posting an individual expected goals (xG) total of 0.41.
Inter beat Genoa away in Serie A for the first time since October 2020 (2-0), ending a run of three unsuccessful away games against them, and were worthy of their win, posting an overall xG total of 1.3 from their 18 shots to Genoa's 0.9 from five attempts.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
5' Match Event for Genoa vs Inter
6' GOAL! Genoa 0-1 Inter (Yann Bisseck)
21' Highlight from Genoa vs Inter
29' Match Event for Genoa vs Inter
31' Match Event for Genoa vs Inter
34' Highlight from Genoa vs Inter
38' GOAL! Genoa 0-2 Inter (Lautaro Martínez)
68' GOAL! Genoa 1-2 Inter (Vitinha)
80' Match Event for Genoa vs Inter
Line-ups
Genoa XI: Nicola Leali, Malinovskiy, A.Martín, Johan Vásquez, Morten Frendrup, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Lorenzo Colombo, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Vitinha, Alessandro Marcandalli, Sebastian Otoa
Subs: Nicolae Stanciu, Stefano Sabelli, Cornet, Morten Thorsby, Caleb Ekuban, Daniele Sommariva, Jean Onana, Albert Grønbæk, Patrizio Masini, Valentín Carboni, Seydou Fini, Jeff Ekhator, Ernestas Lysionok, Lorenzo Venturino
Inter XI: Sommer, Zielinski, Barella, Akanji, Lautaro, Bastoni, Yann Bisseck, Carlos Augusto, Luis Henrique, Petar Sučić, Pio Esposito
Subs: Mkhitaryan, De Vrij, Dimarco, Thuram, Frattesi, Josep Martínez, Andy Diouf, Ange-Yoan Bonny, Simone Cinquegrano, Matteo Cocchi, Alain Taho