Inter seal Serie A title by winning Milan derby

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Marcus ThuramInter Milan were comfortable winners astatine nan San Siro to seal nan Italian championship

Inter Milan sealed their 20th Italian title by beating arch-rivals and nearest challengers AC Milan successful a historical Derby della Madonnina.

Francesco Acerbi was unmarked to caput successful Benjamin Pavard's flick-on from a area to springiness Inter nan lead.

Marcus Thuram latched onto a agelong shot and was fixed excessively overmuch clip to trim successful earlier smashing their 2nd into nan bottommost area astatine nan San Siro.

England's Fikayo Tomori headed successful from adjacent scope to springiness Milan little hope.

There were 3 reddish cards successful wounded clip arsenic tempers boiled over. Milan's Theo Hernandez and Inter's Denzel Dumfries were sent disconnected for their portion successful a brawl and nan hosts ended pinch 9 men arsenic skipper Davide Calabria was sent disconnected for convulsive conduct.

Inter players and coaches ran connected to nan transportation to observe astatine nan last whistle astatine nan crushed some sides share, though Milan were nan location broadside for this fixture.

The second-placed Rossoneri are now 17 points down Inter pinch 5 games to go.

Inter could person won by much pinch Lautaro Martinez missing a sitter and Hakan Calhanoglu's thrust being tipped complete by Mike Maignan.

This was nan first clip nan Serie A title has ever been won successful nan 116 years of nan Milan derby.

Inter backmost connected top

Inter Milan's 20th Italian crown takes them supra AC Milan's 19 Serie A titles and only beneath Juventus.

But this was only their 2nd title since 2010, past winning nether Antonio Conte successful 2021.

Simone Inzaghi has brought nan bully times backmost to nan Nerazzurri, cruising to nan Scudetto pinch 5 games to spare connected nan backmost of a 27-game unbeaten tally successful nan league.

They person scored 79 goals, 15 clear of anybody else, and conceded only 18, 8 less than immoderate different side.

Inter person now won nan past six derbies, equalling nan grounds runs of Milan from 1911-1913 and 1946-1948.

Line-ups

AC Milan

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 16Maignan
  • 2CalabriaBooked astatine 90mins
  • 46GabbiaBooked astatine 90mins
  • 23TomoriBooked astatine 90mins
  • 19HernándezBooked astatine 90mins
  • 14ReijndersSubstituted forGiroudat 52'minutes
  • 7AdliSubstituted forBennacerat 68'minutes
  • 80MusahSubstituted forOkaforat 77'minutes
  • 8Loftus-CheekSubstituted forChukwuezeat 68'minutes
  • 11Pulisic
  • 10Rafael Leão

Substitutes

  • 4Bennacer
  • 9Giroud
  • 15Jovic
  • 17Okafor
  • 21Chukwueze
  • 30Caldara
  • 38Terracciano
  • 42Florenzi
  • 57Sportiello
  • 69Nava

Inter Milan

Formation 3-5-2

  • 1Sommer
  • 28Pavard
  • 15Acerbi
  • 95BastoniSubstituted forde Vrijat 88'minutes
  • 36DarmianSubstituted forDumfriesat 84'minutesBooked astatine 90mins
  • 23BarellaBooked astatine 22minsSubstituted forFrattesiat 77'minutes
  • 20ÇalhanogluSubstituted forAsllaniat 84'minutes
  • 22Mkhitaryan
  • 32DimarcoSubstituted forZopolato Nevesat 78'minutes
  • 9Thuram
  • 10La MartínezBooked astatine 32mins

Substitutes

  • 2Dumfries
  • 5Sensi
  • 6de Vrij
  • 7Ju Cuadrado
  • 8Arnautovic
  • 12Di Gennaro
  • 14Klaassen
  • 16Frattesi
  • 17Buchanan
  • 21Asllani
  • 30Zopolato Neves
  • 31Bisseck
  • 70Sánchez
  • 77Audero

Live Text

  1. Match ends, AC Milan 1, Inter Milan 2.

  2. Second Half ends, AC Milan 1, Inter Milan 2.

  3. Davide Calabria (AC Milan) is shown nan reddish paper for convulsive conduct.

  4. Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Benjamin Pavard.

  5. Foul by Davide Calabria (AC Milan).

  6. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) wins a free footwear successful nan protect half.

  7. Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Davide Frattesi.

  8. Théo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown nan reddish paper for convulsive conduct.

  9. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) is shown nan reddish paper for convulsive conduct.

  10. Foul by Rafael Leão (AC Milan).

  11. Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan) wins a free footwear connected nan correct wing.

  12. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown nan yellowish paper for a bad foul.

  13. Foul by Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan).

  14. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free footwear successful nan protect half.

  15. Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan) is shown nan yellowish paper for a bad foul.

  16. Foul by Matteo Gabbia (AC Milan).

  17. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free footwear connected nan near wing.

  18. Foul by Ismaël Bennacer (AC Milan).

  19. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) wins a free footwear connected nan near wing.

  20. Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefan de Vrij replaces Alessandro Bastoni.

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