Internazionale vs AC Milan, 2023-24 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Internazionale

5': Henrikh Mkhitaryan
38': Marcus Thuram
69': Henrikh Mkhitaryan
79': Hakan Çalhanoglu (P)
90'+3': Davide Frattesi

FT
5 - 1

AC Milan

57': Rafael Leão

Inter crush Milan, Pulisic 5-1 in derby to stay perfect

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored twice to help Inter Milan crush neighbours AC Milan 5-1 in Serie A on Saturday and continue their perfect start to the season.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
1': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan).
4': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Goal! Inter Milan 1, AC Milan 0. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco.
9': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Théo Hernández.
9': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
10': Attempt blocked. Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
11': Attempt missed. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
13': Attempt saved. Davide Calabria (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
13': Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Olivier Giroud (AC Milan).
17': Attempt blocked. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
17': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Malick Thiaw.
18': Attempt blocked. Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Hakan Çalhanoglu with a cross.
19': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Simon Kjær.
20': Offside, Inter Milan. Hakan Çalhanoglu tries a through ball, but Lautaro Martínez is caught offside.
20': Offside, AC Milan. Théo Hernández tries a through ball, but Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
21': Foul by Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan).
21': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
24': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
24': Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
24': Malick Thiaw (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
25': Attempt missed. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is too high from a direct free kick.
29': Foul by Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan).
29': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
30': Offside, AC Milan. Théo Hernández tries a through ball, but Rafael Leão is caught offside.
31': Attempt missed. Théo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
33': Foul by Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan).
33': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Attempt missed. Malick Thiaw (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Davide Calabria.
37': Attempt blocked. Davide Calabria (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
38': Goal! Inter Milan 2, AC Milan 0. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries.
40': Foul by Christian Pulisic (AC Milan).
40': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Foul by Rade Krunic (AC Milan).
41': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Attempt blocked. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Olivier Giroud with a headed pass.
43': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
43': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45': Foul by Rade Krunic (AC Milan).
45': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Hand ball by Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan).
45'+2': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
45'+3': First Half ends, Inter Milan 2, AC Milan 0.
45': Second Half begins Inter Milan 2, AC Milan 0.
46': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
46': Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Hand ball by Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan).
49': Offside, Inter Milan. Alessandro Bastoni tries a through ball, but Denzel Dumfries is caught offside.
51': Attempt saved. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross.
53': Hand ball by Christian Pulisic (AC Milan).
54': Delay in match because of an injury Davide Calabria (AC Milan).
55': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
55': Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
55': Foul by Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan).
55': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Davide Calabria following a set piece situation.
56': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
57': Goal! Inter Milan 2, AC Milan 1. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Giroud with a through ball.
61': Foul by Théo Hernández (AC Milan).
61': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan).
62': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
63': Delay in match because of an injury Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan).
63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
64': Substitution, Inter Milan. Davide Frattesi replaces Nicolò Barella.
64': Substitution, Inter Milan. Carlos Augusto replaces Federico Dimarco because of an injury.
64': Substitution, Inter Milan. Marko Arnautovic replaces Marcus Thuram.
66': Attempt saved. Carlos Augusto (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
69': Goal! Inter Milan 3, AC Milan 1. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
71': Foul by Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan).
71': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
72': Foul by Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan).
72': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
72': Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
74': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan).
74': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
74': Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefan de Vrij replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
75': Foul by Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan).
75': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
77': Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Olivier Giroud.
77': Substitution, AC Milan. Luka Jovic replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
77': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Davide Calabria.
78': Penalty Inter Milan. Lautaro Martínez draws a foul in the penalty area.
78': Penalty conceded by Théo Hernández (AC Milan) after a foul in the penalty area.
79': Goal! Inter Milan 4, AC Milan 1. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Inter Milan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
81': Substitution, Inter Milan. Kristjan Asllani replaces Hakan Çalhanoglu.
82': Attempt missed. Kristjan Asllani (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
83': Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
83': Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
83': Foul by Rade Krunic (AC Milan).
84': Corner, Inter Milan. Conceded by Malick Thiaw.
86': Substitution, AC Milan. Yunus Musah replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
86': Attempt blocked. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
87': Foul by Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan).
87': Luka Jovic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Carlos Augusto (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
89': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
90': Foul by Noah Okafor (AC Milan).
90': Kristjan Asllani (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Attempt blocked. Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
90'+3': Goal! Inter Milan 5, AC Milan 1. Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan with a through ball following a fast break.
90'+4': Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
90'+5': Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
90'+5': Rade Krunic (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Inter Milan 5, AC Milan 1.
0': Match ends, Inter Milan 5, AC Milan 1.

Statistics

MIL		INT
13	Fouls	16
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
0	Corner Kicks	5
2	Saves	1
59.9	Possession	40.1
9	SHOTS	14
2	ON GOAL	7
0.2	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
475	Accurate Passes	282
526	Passes	340
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	4
8	Crosses	12
0.4	Cross %	0.3
26	Long Balls	50
17	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.7	Long Balls %	0.6
3	Blocked Shots	4
5	Effective Tackles	7
8	Tackles	12
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
5	Interceptions	5
18	Effective Clearances	9
18	Clearances	9

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 75,571

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Internazionale	30	+42	69
2	AC Milan	30	+24	63
3	Napoli	30	+16	62
4	Como	30	+31	57

Full Table

Line-Ups

Internazionale (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Yann Sommer (GK)
15	Francesco Acerbi
95	Alessandro Bastoni
36	Matteo Darmian
22	Henrikh Mkhitaryan
23	Nicolò Barella
20	Hakan Çalhanoglu
32	Federico Dimarco
2	Denzel Dumfries
9	Marcus Thuram
10	Lautaro Martínez

Internazionale Substitutes:

Marko Arnautovic, Kristjan Asllani, Davide Frattesi, Benjamin Pavard, Lucien Agoumé, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Juan Cuadrado, Stefan de Vrij, Alexis Sánchez, Davy Klaassen, Emil Audero, Stefano Sensi, Carlos Augusto, Yann Bisseck.

AC Milan (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
28	Malick Thiaw
24	Simon Kjaer
19	Theo Hernández
2	Davide Calabria
33	Rade Krunic
14	Tijjani Reijnders
8	Ruben Loftus-Cheek
9	Olivier Giroud
10	Rafael Leão
11	Christian Pulisic

AC Milan Substitutes:

Davide Bartesaghi, Yunus Musah, Tommaso Pobega, Noah Okafor, Marco Pellegrino, Luka Romero, Yacine Adli, Samuel Chukwueze, Marco Sportiello, Alessandro Florenzi, Antonio Mirante, Luka Jovic.

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