Inter Milan starting XI (3-5-2): Sommer, Darmian, Acerbi, Bastoni (subbed for De Vrij), Dumfries, Barella (subbed for Frattesi), Calhanoglu (subbed for Asllani), Mkhitaryan, Dimarco (subbed for Carlos Augusto), Thuram (subbe for Arnautovic), Lautaro Martinez
Bench: Di Gennaro, Audero, Sensi, Cuadrado, Klaassen, Pavard, Bisseck, Agoumé, Sanchez.
Goals: Mkhitaryan 5’ & 69’, Thuram 38’, Calhanoglu79’ (Pen), Frattesi 90+3’
AC Milan starting XI (4-3-3): Maignan, Calabria (subbed for Florenzi), Kjaer, Thiaw, Hernandez, Loftus-Cheek (subbed for Musah), Krunic, Reijnders (subbed for Jovic), Pulisic (subbed for Chukuwueze), Giroud (subbed for Okafor), Rafael Leao
Bench: Sportiello, Mirante, Adli, Romero, Pellegrino, Pobega, Bartesaghi.
Goals: Leao 57’
Thuram’s father Lilian, who won the World Cup with France in 1998, played as a defender for Parma and Juventus.
Thuram scored a superb goal to double Inter’s lead shortly before halftime, having had a significant hand in the fifth-minute opener that was netted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Mkhitaryan also scored Inter’s third after Rafael Leão had got Milan back into the game amid a torrential downpour at San Siro on Saturday.
Former Milan midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu added a penalty 11 minutes from time and Davide Frattesi capped a great night for Inter in stoppage time.
It was Thuram’s second Inter goal in as many matches. He also has three assists in his four matches since joining on a free transfer from Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Inter are now the only team to have won their four opening matches and the Nerazzurri moved two points ahead of Juventus. Milan are three points behind Inter.
AAP
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