Inter Milan held on to claim an important victory away to fellow Champions League chasers Atalanta in Serie A.
Simone Inzaghi’s side had to come from behind at Gewiss Stadium as Ademola Lookman scored his seventh league goal of the season from the penalty spot to put the hosts in front.
Edin Dzeko brought the visitors level before half-time with a clever finish after being teed up by Lautaro Martinez, then added his second 10 minutes after the restart.
The lead was extended just past the hour mark when Jose Luis Palomino put one through his own net.
Although the centre-back atoned with a goal at the right end to make for a dramatic finish to the game, Inter held on to take the three points.
Inter briefly moved into the top four, but their stay in the Champions League places was short-lived as Juventus beat Lazio 3-0 to claim a sixth straight league win without conceding a goal and move up to third in the table.
A goal either side of half-time from Moise Kean and a late third from Arkadiusz Milik secured the victory to ensure Massimiliano Allegri’s side go into the break on a high.
Kean opened the scoring in the 43rd minute when he raced onto Adrien Rabiot’s pass and lobbed Ivan Provedel as the Lazio keeper charged out of his area.
The second came via a simple tap-in after Filip Kostic’s shot was pushed out by Provdel and Federico Chiesa crossed for Milik to complete the scoring in the 90th minute.
Elsewhere, manager Jose Mourinho was sent off before his Roma side salvaged a 1-1 draw at home to Torino thanks to Nemanja Matic’s 94th-minute strike in an action-packed finale at the Stadio Olimpico.
Karol Linetty put Torino ahead early in the 55th minute and, after Mourinho was shown a red card in the 89th minute following an outburst at the officials, Andrea Belotti hit the post with a stoppage-time penalty. But there was still time for Matic to snatch a point for Roma.
There was also late drama at the San Siro where AC Milan beat Fiorentina 2-1 courtesy of a 91st-minute own goal from Nikola Milenkovic to move up to second in the standings.
Rafael Leao had put the hosts ahead in the second minute but the visitors levelled through Antonin Barak in the 28th before Milan’s late winner.
Line-ups
Atalanta
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Musso
- 33Hateboer
- 28DemiralSubstituted forOkoliat 68′minutes
- 6Palomino
- 3Maehle
- 13dos Santos Lourenco da Silva
- 42ScalviniSubstituted forMalinovskyiat 45′minutes
- 7Koopmeiners
- 88PasalicSubstituted forBogaat 83′minutes
- 11Lookman
- 91ZapataSubstituted forHøjlundat 69′minutes
Substitutes
- 5Okoli
- 10Boga
- 17Højlund
- 18Malinovskyi
- 19Djimsiti
- 21Zortea
- 22Ruggeri
- 31Rossi
- 57Sportiello
- 93Soppy
Inter Milan
Formation 3-5-2
- 24OnanaBooked at 87mins
- 37SkriniarBooked at 85mins
- 6de VrijBooked at 74mins
- 95BastoniSubstituted forAcerbiat 72′minutes
- 2DumfriesSubstituted forBellanovaat 72′minutes
- 23Barella
- 20Çalhanoglu
- 22MkhitaryanSubstituted forBrozovicat 80′minutes
- 32DimarcoSubstituted forGosensat 80′minutes
- 10MartÃnezSubstituted forCorreaat 84′minutes
- 9Dzeko
Substitutes
- 1Handanovic
- 5Gagliardini
- 8Gosens
- 11Correa
- 12Bellanova
- 14Asllani
- 15Acerbi
- 21Cordaz
- 45Carboni
- 46Zanotti
- 77Brozovic
Live Text
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Match ends, Atalanta 2, Inter Milan 3.
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Second Half ends, Atalanta 2, Inter Milan 3.
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Foul by Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan).
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Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Luis Palomino with a cross.
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Attempt blocked. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joakim Maehle.
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Raoul Bellanova (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Joakim Maehle (Atalanta).
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Hand ball by Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan).
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Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
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Joakim Maehle (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt missed. Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu.
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Attempt missed. Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Joakim Maehle.
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Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta).
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André Onana (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
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Attempt missed. Rasmus Højlund (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Teun Koopmeiners with a cross following a set piece situation.
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Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan).
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Joakim Maehle (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the left wing.