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21 November 2021 The first defeat arrives tonight in Milan for the leaders Napoli.



Partenopei on the net at 17 'Zielinski and at 78' Mertens.

For Inzaghi's Nerazzurri goals in the 25th minute from a penalty Calhanoglu, in the 44th minute Perisic, and in the 61st minute Lautaro Martinez.



Spalletti's Napoli remains first in the standings tied with Milan at 32 points.

Inter earns 3 points and rises to 28, minus four from the top.



Accident chapter


Eight minutes of recovery in this match due to two injuries. In the first the Napoli striker Osimhen clashed with the Inter defender Skriniar. Game stopped for a few minutes to allow the interventions of the health workers. Osimhen was then forced to change in the 53rd minute. About ten minutes from the end, another header between the Napoli goalkeeper Ospina and the Inter forward Dzeko, in this case both are medicated and bandaged, but remain on the pitch.



Comment


After Milan, therefore Napoli also falls for the first time. Inter beat the former Spalletti leaders 3-2 and moved to -4 from the first two in the class thanks to goals from Calhanoglu, Perisic and Lautaro Martinez. Simone Inzaghi's team has two points less after the last match of Conte's Inter, and at the same time returns to win the first direct clash against Napoli, as in last season. But the start of the race is one of the worst.



After four away matches in the league against Inter, the Neapolitan team returns to unblock itself in the Nerazzurri San Siro after just 17 '. Zielinski does everything and steals the ball from Barella and is ready for the goal from outside the box after Insigne's assist. But Inter are alive and before the interval overturns the result. The equalizer came in the 23rd minute, thanks to a slow motion episode: Koulibaly deflected a shot by Barella with his arm and referee Valeri needed the Var to assign the penalty that Calhanoglu didn't miss. To see the Nerazzurri's advantage, instead, you have to wait for the 44th minute: Perisic with a head from a tight angle anticipates everyone on Calhanoglu's corner and makes Valeri's clock vibrate, assigning the 2-1.



To further complicate things at the Napoli home, the clash between Skriniar and Osimhen thinks about the 55th minute: the attacker has the worst, the eye swells, space for Petagna.

And Inter always finds the goal.

At 62 'Correa makes 65 meters of field and serves Lautaro Martinez who with the diagonal strikes Ospina and returns to the goal that was missing from 2 October in the league.

In the end, however, there is still a game.

Mertens - who took over from Insigne - scored the goal of hope in the 78th minute with a great right foot from outside the box under the intersection.

Big fright instead for Ospina and Dzeko, on the ground after a clash.

There is room for two chances.

First Mario Rui: header with a sure shot, Handanovic's miracle and the ball on the crossbar and then out.

Finally Mertens who does not use a cross after a sublime play by Anguissa.