Gianluca Mancini’s late purpose noticed Roma snatch a 2-2 draw at house to title rival Inter Milan on Sunday and dent its opponent’s Serie A aspirations.
Mancini headed within the equalizer 4 minutes from time after objectives from Milan Skriniar and Achraf Hakimi appeared to have handed Inter the win. Lorenzo Pellegrini had scored the opener for Roma.
The outcome left Inter three factors behind Serie A frontrunner AC Milan, which received 2-0 at Benevento on Saturday. Both Milan groups need to finish Juventus’ nine-year grip on the title.
Inter, which performs Juventus subsequent weekend, remained three factors above third-place Roma. Juventus can transfer to inside 4 factors of Inter _ with a match in hand _ if it wins at house to Sassuolo later, with the guests surprisingly solely a degree behind the Bianconeri within the desk.
“Let’s not forget that Roma are fighting for the same thing we are,” Inter coach Antonio Conte mentioned. “Going away to the third-place staff within the league and enjoying like this implies we’re an organized and powerful staff.
“We had the chance to kill off the game but couldn’t manage it, and let Roma back into it late on _ because we were out of energy. It’s a shame because, with a few minutes to go, we were beating a strong side.”
The match within the Italian capital was a direct battle for second spot and Inter threatened to take an early lead however Romelu Lukaku’s header was acrobatically fingertipped over the bar by Pau Lopez.
Instead it was Roma that took the lead within the seventeenth minute when Pellegrini’s shot took a slight deflection to enter the underside left nook after a swift counterattack.
Lautaro Martinez had a purpose dominated out for offside shortly earlier than the break however Inter has usually carried out higher within the second half this season and so it proved once more.
Inter went shut a number of instances earlier than Skriniar headed in a nook within the 56th. Hakimi fired Inter in entrance seven minutes later when he collected a cross on the appropriate, reduce inside and curled a strike into the far prime nook.
Inter gave the impression to be heading for a invaluable win however Roma upped the strain within the dying minutes. Mancini had an effort effectively saved by Samir Handanovic however the defender headed within the ensuing nook for the equalizer.
