Inter’s Champions League hopes acquired an enormous increase with a late comeback and a 3-1 win towards rivals Lazio in Serie A.
Felipe Anderson had given the guests a first-half lead at San Siro, robbing Francesco Acerbi of possession and dispatching previous Andre Onana.
Numerous probabilities for an equalizer went begging for the hosts within the second half, which regarded set to end in yet one more house loss for the Nerazzurri.
However, Martinez smashed house a leveller after 77 minutes, with Robin Gosens placing his aspect forward earlier than Martinez added additional gloss to the scoreline in a rallying end from Simone Inzaghi’s males.
The hosts have been the stronger of the 2 sides early on, Henrikh Mkhitaryan proving to be an efficient attacking outlet, tucking house after Joaquin Correa’s cutback, although his celebrations have been minimize brief by an offside flag.
Lazio swiftly responded, taking the lead on the half hour mark by way of Anderson who received possession from Acerbi and exchanged a neat one-two with Luis Alberto earlier than slotting beneath Onana.
The Cameroonian wanted to be alert to stop Lazio from extending their lead earlier than the break, parrying Ciro Immobile’s low drive away from the far nook, then gathering Alessio Romagnoli’s header from point-blank vary from the next nook.
Inter pushed for an equalizer instantly after the restart, Nicolo Barella volleying a fierce strike agonizingly huge of the publish, although Lazio remained a risk and Onana needed to preserve Alberto’s nice effort at bay.
A late comeback quickly turned the match on its head, Martinez latching onto Romelu Lukaku’s inviting go and smashing house, earlier than Lukaku was once more the supplier by floating a cross to the far publish that Gosens volleyed in.
There was nonetheless time for additional celebration, Martinez pouncing on Matias Vecino’s unfastened again go and bearing down on objective, securing his brace on the second try after his preliminary effort was saved.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
