This time, the Serie A leaders won convincingly 5-1 at neighbouring Monza on Saturday (local time) with braces from Hakan Calhanoglu and Lautaro Martinez.
“We did our job today,” Calhanoglu said.
“It was a good response after what happened against Verona.”
The Nerazzurri moved five points clear of Juventus, who host Sassuolo on Tuesday.
Up next for Inter is an Italian Super Cup semi-final against Lazio in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
Inter had strong support, with fans making the short trip from Milan by scooter - towing huge banners and leaving a trail of fire and smoke along the way.
Calhanoglu put Inter ahead 12 minutes in by converting a penalty after Roberto Gagliardini’s hand touched a header from Lautaro.
Driving his spot kick in decisively to the right corner, Calhanoglu had a perfect seven for seven on penalties this season.
Two minutes later, Lautaro finished off a counterattack by redirecting in a cross from Federico Dimarco.
Monza then had a goal from Matteo Pessina wiped off by the VAR after replays showed his buttock was offside.
Calhanoglu was set up by Marcus Thuram for his second. Pessina pulled one back with a penalty, before Lautaro restored the three-goal advantage with another penalty, then Thuram also scored.
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