Cremonese 1-2 Inter Milan: Inzaghi's visitors come from behind to win

01/28/2023

Cremonese 1-2 Inter Milan: Simone Inzaghi’s side come from behind to beat Serie A strugglers and climb to second thanks to Lautaro Martinez’s brace

Lautaro Martinez’s brace gave visitors Inter Milan a 2-1 win at Cremonese
David Okereke’s long-range strike had put the struggling hosts ahead first
But Martinez’s goals meant Inter Milan moved second in the Serie A table

Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez grabbed a double as his second-placed side fought back to earn a 2-1 win at basement club Cremonese in Serie A on Saturday.

David Okereke put the hosts ahead after 11 minutes with a superb shot from the edge of the box that hit the underside of the bar and bounced in.

Inter equalised 10 minutes later when Martinez was in the right place to finish on the rebound after Cremonese goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi had parried Edin Dzeko’s volley.

Lautaro Martinez’s brace secured Inter Milan’s win which took them second in the table

Inter, who have 40 points, are 10 behind leaders Napoli having played a game more. Cremonese remain on eight points, still without a league win this season after 20 games.

‘I’m very happy and I congratulated my team on a great performance,’ Inter manager Simone Inzaghi told DAZN.

‘They took the best approach and unfortunately then conceded a worldie from their player (Okereke) that could have created problems for us after the (1-0 home) defeat to Empoli (on Monday), but instead we stayed calm and concentrated.’

Inter continued to pile on the pressure after the equaliser, and Martinez was close to getting a second goal but his shot from close range after 27 minutes went just wide.

Cremonese forward David Okereke had put the hosts in front against Inter Milan early on

Carnesecchi kept Inter out when he made a double save in the 45th minute, first stopping a shot from Federico DiMarco before standing in the way of Martinez’s rebound attempt.

Inter started the second half more aggressively and had a good chance after three minutes but Carnesecchi stood in the way again, saving a ball that managed to get through the defence.

Martinez finally put the visitors ahead in the 65th with his 11th league goal this season when Dzeko played him in and his shot took a deflection before looping past Carnesecchi.

Cremonese came close to an equaliser 12 minutes from time when Cyriel Dessers got a cross into the box but fellow substitute Cristian Buonaiuto could not mange a clear shot.

‘We realised there would be difficulties here and Cremonese were fired up,’ Inzaghi added. ‘If I had to find a negative, we made a few too many mistakes in our passing that could have allowed us to extend our lead before the end.’

Inter Milan head coach Simone Inzaghi said his side made too many mistakes in their passing

MATCH FACTS

Cremonese (3-5-2): Carnesecchi, Bianchetti (Buonaiuto 67), Chiriches, Vasquez, Semicola, Benassi, Castagnetti (Afena-Gyan 60), Meite, Valeri, Okereke (Zanimacchia 72), Ciofani (Dessers 60)

Subs not used: Aiwu, Saro, Ghiglione, Ferrari, Sarr, Milanese, Tsadjout

Goal: Okereke 11

Manager: Davide Ballardini

Inter Milan (3-5-2): Onana, Bastoni, Acerbi, Darmian, Dimarco (Gosens 67), Mkhitaryan, Calhanoglu (Asllani 66), Gagliardini, Dumfries, Dzeko (Lukaku 77), Martinez (Correa 77)

Subs not used: de Vrij, Bellanova, Cordaz, Brazao, D’Ambrosio, Carboni, Zanotti, Fontanarosa

Goals: Martinez 21, 65

Booked: Acerbi, Calhanoglu

Manager: Simone Inzaghi

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