MILAN (Reuters) – Inter Milan moved prime of Serie A after thrashing backside aspect Salernitana 5-0 on the San Siro on Friday with Lautaro Martinez celebrating the top of his objective drought with a hat-trick.
Victory gave Simone Inzaghi’s Inter aspect a one-point lead over second-placed Napoli and derby rivals AC Milan. Salernitana stay rooted to the underside — 10 factors from the protection zone.
Inter took the lead within the twenty second minute when Nicolo Barella unlocked the defence with a elegant through-ball for Martinez, who beat the offside entice and located the underside nook to attain his first objective in 10 appearances.
Barella was operating the midfield and the pair mixed once more earlier than halftime when Martinez discovered area between two defenders and delayed his shot to make room for himself earlier than sliding the ball past a hapless Luigi Sepe in Salernitana’s objective.
Martinez accomplished his hat-trick 11 minutes after the break when Edin Dzeko laid the ball into the field for the 24-year-old Argentine striker to smash it into the online.
Dzeko had created quite a few alternatives within the sport and the striker was duly rewarded when he scored twice in five minutes, first ending on the close to submit from Robin Gosens’ in the reduction of earlier than placing away Denzel Dumfries’s cross on a counter-attack.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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