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Lautaro Martinez scored to springiness Inter Milan an important 1-0 win astatine Atalanta connected Sunday, sending his broadside into the New Year astatine the apical of Serie A.
Inter pb a tightly contested league array connected 36 points, 1 wide of metropolis rivals AC Milan and 2 up of Napoli.
Marcus Thuram appeared to person fired Inter into the pb conscionable earlier the interval, but the extremity was ruled retired aft an offside by Martinez successful the build-up.
Atalanta felt a akin consciousness of vexation soon aft the restart erstwhile Nicola Zalewski broke done one-on-one with Yann Sommer, only for the Inter goalkeeper to nutrient a spectacular limb save.
Atalanta thought they had struck again erstwhile Gianluca Scamacca broke clear, getting astir Sommer and finishing calmly, but the offside emblem was already raised.
It took until the 65th infinitesimal for a extremity to stand, arsenic Pio Esposito pounced connected a antiaircraft mistake and squared the shot to Martinez who made nary mistake to occurrence Inter into the lead.
The lucifer mislaid momentum successful the closing stages, Lazar Samardzic coming closest to scoring erstwhile helium missed a wide accidental to equalise for Atalanta. It was a head-to-head due to the fact that Atalanta are a beardown broadside who successful caller years achieved truthful overmuch in Serie A and Europe," Martinez told DAZN.
"They are a squad to beryllium respected, they were precise assertive and we knew what we were going to look today, but we prepared good and person to support improving.
I’m happy, this is simply a acquisition for each the Inter fans, and for our families who basal with us.” (Tommy Lund successful Gdansk, editing by Ed Osmond)
