Lautaro Martinez’s hat-trick sent Inter Milan to the top of the Serie A table with a rout of bottom club Salernitana.
Defending champions Inter are one point above both Napoli and AC Milan, who meet in a huge match in Naples on Sunday.
Martinez ended a nine-game goal drought with his opener and then hit the second, both created by Nicolo Barella.
He smashed in his third from a pass by Edin Dzeko, who scored the final two goals himself.
They were Martinez’s first three Serie A goals of 2022 after his last league strike had been against the same opponents, also in a 5-0 win, in December.
The top three are only separated by one point with 11 games to go – although Inter will be knocked off top spot on Sunday, no matter what the Napoli-Milan result is.
Line-ups
Inter Milan
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Handanovic
- 37Skriniar
- 6de VrijBooked at 45minsSubstituted forRanocchiaat 62′minutes
- 95Bastoni
- 2Dumfries
- 23Barella
- 77BrozovicSubstituted forGagliardiniat 71′minutes
- 20CalhanogluSubstituted forVidalat 62′minutes
- 36DarmianBooked at 7minsSubstituted forGosensat 62′minutes
- 9DzekoSubstituted forCorreaat 75′minutes
- 10MartÃnez
Substitutes
- 5Gagliardini
- 7Sánchez
- 8Vecino
- 13Ranocchia
- 18Gosens
- 19Correa
- 21Cordaz
- 22Vidal
- 32Dimarco
- 33D’Ambrosio
- 88Caicedo
- 97Radu
Salernitana
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 55Sepe
- 30MazzocchiSubstituted forObiat 71′minutes
- 25Dragusin
- 17Fazio
- 19Ranieri
- 18Coulibaly
- 13dos Santos Lourenco da SilvaSubstituted forRadovanovicat 71′minutes
- 20KastanosSubstituted forRuggeriat 83′minutes
- 99MoussetBooked at 12minsSubstituted forPerottiat 60′minutes
- 10VerdiSubstituted forZorteaat 60′minutes
- 11Djuric
Substitutes
- 3Ruggeri
- 5Veseli
- 9Bonazzoli
- 15Bohinen
- 16Radovanovic
- 21Zortea
- 22Obi
- 23Gyömbér
- 31Gagliolo
- 72Belec
- 87Viana de Souza
- 88Perotti
Live Text
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Match ends, Inter Milan 5, Salernitana 0.
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Second Half ends, Inter Milan 5, Salernitana 0.
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Offside, Inter Milan. Nicolò Barella tries a through ball, but Robin Gosens is caught offside.
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Lautaro MartÃnez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Luca Ranieri (Salernitana).
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Foul by Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan).
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Lassana Coulibaly (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Federico Fazio.
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Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Federico Fazio.
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Attempt blocked. JoaquÃn Correa (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt saved. Robin Gosens (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Luigi Sepe.
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Attempt saved. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Gagliardini.
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Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Diego Perotti (Salernitana).
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Offside, Inter Milan. Roberto Gagliardini tries a through ball, but Robin Gosens is caught offside.
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Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
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Lassana Coulibaly (Salernitana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, Salernitana. Matteo Ruggeri replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
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Attempt missed. Milan Djuric (Salernitana) header from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Diego Perotti with a cross.
