Serie A scores: Tempers flare as Lazio slide into top five and Inter Milan taste defeat for the first time

Inter Milan misplaced for the primary time this season in Serie A after they threw away a one-goal lead away at Lazio on Saturday. Ivan Perisic had given Simone Inzaghi’s males the lead with an early penalty on the boss’ return to Stadio Olimpico and it was 1-0 to the guests at halftime within the capital.

Nevertheless, Maurizio Sarri’s troops emerged for the second half and equalized by a Ciro Motionless penalty to maneuver him into the lead atop the scoring charts.

It was stage till the ultimate 10 minutes when Felipe Anderson put Lazio forward and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic made the end result secure in added time after he was teed up by Luis Alberto.

There was nonetheless sufficient time for Luiz Felipe to see purple for the house aspect on the dying because the Laziale moved up into the highest 5.

Inter’s loss signifies that Napoli can transfer seven factors away from the titleholders in the event that they beat Torino whereas Roma can leapfrog them in the event that they beat Juventus on Sunday, which you’ll watch solely on Paramount+.

Inzaghi’s begin as head coach will now come below a lot larger scrutiny on condition that the Nerazzurri have additionally made a sluggish begin within the UEFA Champions League shedding to Actual Madrid and drawing with Shakhtar Donetsk.

Serie A scores: Matchday 8

Saturday, Oct. 16
Spezia 2, Salernitana 1
Lazio 3, Inter Milan 1
AC Milan vs. Hellas Verona (Paramount+)

Sunday, Oct. 17
Cagliari vs. Sampdoria, 6:30 a.m ET (Paramount+)  
Udinese vs. Bologna, 9 a.m. ET (Paramount+)
Genoa vs. Sassuolo, 9 a.m. ET (Paramount+)
Empoli vs. Atalanta, 9 a.m. ET (Paramount+)
Napoli vs. Torino, 12 p.m. ET (Paramount+)
Juventus vs. Roma, 2:45 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Monday, Oct. 18
Venezia vs. Fiorentina, 2:45 p.m. ET (Paramount+)