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Inter Milan suffered different wobble successful their bid to reclaim the Serie A rubric aft Saturday's 1-1 gully with Atalanta, who bounced backmost from Champions League humiliation against Bayern Munich.
Nikola Krstovic earned a constituent for Atalanta by scoring successful the 82nd infinitesimal astatine the San Siro, cancelling retired Pio Esposito's angled thrust aft 26 minutes for the hosts who had looked to beryllium extending their league pb to 10 points.
But Inter manager Cristian Chivu and his players were livid astatine Krstovic's extremity being awarded aft what they saw arsenic a propulsion connected Denzel Dumfries by Kamaldeen Sulemana, whose saved changeable led to the leveller.
Chivu was sent disconnected for his vehement protests against the officials successful a heated extremity to what had up to that constituent been a humdrum matter successful soaking bedewed Milan.
Dumfries held his caput successful his hands erstwhile referee Gianluca Manganiello pointed to the centre ellipse to springiness the extremity which handed AC Milan the accidental to determination to wrong 5 points of their section rivals.
Home fans were again outraged moments aboriginal erstwhile Davide Frattesi went down looking for a punishment nether a situation from Giorgio Scalvini, who tapped his Italy teammate's ft and was cleared of committing a foul.
No-one from Inter spoke to media aft the crippled successful protestation astatine the decisions.
Milan, who prevailed successful their section derby with Inter past weekend, question to Rome to instrumentality connected Lazio connected Sunday nighttime and tin reignite a rubric contention which looked arsenic bully arsenic implicit a week ago.
A warring constituent for Atalanta came aft Tuesday's humiliating 6-1 decision by Bayern successful the Champions League, a contention for which they are conscionable astir successful contention to suffice for this season.
Atalanta, who person to look Bayern successful Munich connected Wednesday, are 4 points down Como and Roma who are separated by extremity quality successful 4th and 5th and look disconnected connected Sunday.
"I truly liked the absorption of the team, it's precise casual to inactive beryllium affacted arsenic it was lone 4 days agone that we played Bayern," said Atalanta manager Raffaele Palladino.
"But the squad played similar men, similar the bully players that they are."
Juventus, a constituent down Roma and Como, tin determination into the apical 4 with a triumph astatine Udinese successful Saturday's precocious match.
Reigning champions Napoli way Inter by 12 points successful 3rd spot but tin chopped that spread against Lecce successful Naples wherever Antonio Conte's squad are yet to suffer a league fixture this season.
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