A controversial aim led to Inter Milan’s first defeat of the season in a 3-1 loss at Lazio in Serie A on Saturday.
Felipe Anderson scored a late winner whereas Inter fullback Federico Dimarco was down injured.
The aim infuriated Inter however the guidelines say the referee ought to interrupt play solely when there’s a danger of great damage, which was not the case.
Inter’s gamers have been calling for Lazio to kick the ball out of play when Anderson redirected a rebound of a shot from Ciro Immobile.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic then secured the three factors for Lazio with a header in stoppage time as Inter’s focus was misplaced.
Immobile had canceled out Ivan Perisic’s first-half penalty with a penalty of his personal.
It marked a bitter return to the Stadio Olimpico for brand new Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi, who coached Lazio for the final 5 seasons after additionally spending the majority of his taking part in profession with the Roman membership.
Inzaghi acknowledged, “We misplaced our heads.
“That shouldn’t happen, because the referee can let play continue and there were 10 minutes plus stoppages to go. We should’ve kept playing.”
Inter remained in third place, 4 factors behind good Napoli and two factors behind unbeaten AC Milan. Napoli hosts Torino on Sunday. Milan performed Hellas Verona late Saturday.
Lazio, which moved as much as fifth, had been sluggish to adapt to Maurizio Sarri’s fast-paced attacking sport however beat Roma within the metropolis derby late final month and is growing into a tough opponent.
Earlier, Ukraine midfielder Viktor Kovalenko _ on mortgage from Atalanta _ arrange one aim then scored the winner as Spezia got here from a aim right down to beat Salernitana 2-1 and climb out of the drop zone.
It’s the primary Serie A weekend within the pandemic when stadium capacities have been raised to 75%.
