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– Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez scored twice as his second-placed side fought back to earn a 2-1 win at Cremonese in Serie A on Saturday.
– David Okereke put the hosts ahead on 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.
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– 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.
– 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 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.”
