Serie A
Result: Inter Milan 1-2 Juventus
Date: 06 October 2019
Venue: San Siro
Juventus returned to the top of the Serie A standings after ending Inter Milan's perfect record with a 2-1 triumph at the San Siro on Sunday evening.
Juve coach Mauricio Sarri surprisingly opted to drop Gonazlo Higuain, as Paulo Dybala partnered Cristiano Ronaldo in the attack while Romelu Lukaku returned for Inter, with Alexis Sanchez suspended. The decision to start Dybala paid off immediately as the Argentine collected a pass from Miralem Pjanic before drilling the ball beyond Samir Handanovic from just inside the box for his first league goal of the season. The visitors enjoyed a fiery start to the encounter and they were nearly rewarded with a second goal when Ronaldo rattled the frame of the goal with a powerful strike from the edge of the box.Earn Airtime Data With Soccer Laduma's Social Media App - Download Now
The thrilling start to the game continued after Inter were awarded a penalty on 17 minutes when Matthjis de Ligt handled in the box. Lauturo Martinez stepped and made no mistake from 12-yards out to level matters.
Sarri's troops thought they had retaken the lead five minutes. before the break after Ronaldo had the ball in the back of the net, but celebrations were cut short as Dybala was flagged offside the build-up.
Juve continued to dominate upon resumption in the second half, but they should have restored their lead 10 minutes into the stanza as Dybala volleyed over from close range his initial effort was saved by Handanovic.
Inter, meanwhile, sprung into life with 20 minutes remaining as Matis Vecino saw his long-range effort deflect onto the upright with Juve shot-stopper Wojciech Szczesny well-beaten.
With 10 minutes to play, the defending league champions secured the winning goal as neat inter-play ended with Ronaldo playing in Gonzalo Higuain, who fired into the bottom corner to send his side top the top of the table heading into the international break.
