ROME, Sep 22: Inter Milan’s attack might be better off without Romelu Lukaku.
The Nerazzurri are spreading the scoring around more and playing as a more cohesive unit since Lukaku left for European champion Chelsea. Inter recovered from a goal down for a 3-1 away win on Tuesday over a Fiorentina side that had won three straight.
Matteo Darmian, Edin Džeko and Ivan Perišić scored for Inter after Riccardo Sottil’s opener for Fiorentina as the Serie A champion extended its unbeaten start with a fourth win in five matches.
The victory moved Inter one point above perfect Napoli atop the Italian league table.
“We lost three key players this summer in Lukaku, (Achraf) Hakimi and (Christian) Eriksen but we’re coming together,” Inter coach Simone Inzaghi said. The third goal came after Fiorentina forward Nicolás González was shown two yellow cards in succession for protests.
Atalanta beat visiting Sassuolo 2-1 with first-half goals from Robin Gosens and Davide Zappacosta. Domenico Berardi pulled one back for Sassuolo after the break.
Aaron Hickey became the first Scottish player to score in Serie A since Graeme Souness in 1986 with the opening goal for Bologna in a 2-2 draw against Genoa.
Genoa twice came back from a goal down, with Domenico Criscito’s 89th-minute penalty serving as the final equalizer. (AP)
