Roma coach José Mourinho had a nightmare match in opposition to his former team because the capital facet misplaced 3-0 at dwelling to Inter Milan in Serie A on Saturday.
Hakan Çalhanoglu, former Roma ahead Edin Džeko, and Denzel Dumfries scored within the first half. It was the primary time in Mourinho’s profession that considered one of his groups was 3-0 down at halftime.
Mourinho answered just one query from journalists in his news convention.
“I apologize once more for not responding to different questions. I’m simply going to say what I believe,” Mourinho mentioned. “Inter is healthier than us on day, they completed with 29 factors greater than us final yr and likewise this yr they’re higher.
“On day it could have been a tough match, however at present it was even more durable due to absentees.”
Inter moved to second in Serie A, some extent behind AC Milan after the Rossoneri beat Salernitana 2-0 to transfer to the highest of the league. Napoli dropped to third, two factors beneath Milan, after shedding to fourth-placed Atalanta 3-2.
Roma remained fifth.
Mourinho steered Inter to the treble of Serie A, Italian Cup and Champions League success in 2010. He took over at Roma within the offseason however has had combined outcomes. Roma has misplaced 4 of its previous six league matches.
Inter opened the scoring when Çalhanoglu curled in immediately from the nook flag. The lead was doubled within the twenty fourth minute. Çalhanoglu reduce inside from the left and pulled the ball again for Džeko to sweep into the highest left nook. Džeko didn’t have a good time in opposition to the membership he left within the offseason.
The Nerazzurri had the consequence just about wrapped up by halftime. Alessandro Bastoni whipped in a cross from the left for a diving header from Dumfries on the again post.
TURNAROUND
Two targets within the area of 5 minutes noticed Atalanta get better from 2-1 down to win in Naples.
It was solely Napoli’s second league loss.
Ruslan Malinovskyi gave Atalanta an early lead however targets both facet of halftime from Piotr Zielinski and Dries Mertens put Napoli forward.
However, Merih Demiral fired Atalanta stage within the 66th minute and Remo Freuler netted what was to show the winner shortly after.
Duván Zapata had a header come off the post for Atalanta, which additionally had a penalty revoked on video overview.
ANOTHER INJURY
Milan dominated in opposition to bottom-placed Salernitana however misplaced one other participant to damage.
After Rossoneri defender Simon Kjær was dominated out for the remainder of the season through the week, ahead Pietro Pellegri got here off early in opposition to Salernitana.
Milan was already 1-0 up by that time after Franck Kessié fired dwelling after Rafael Leão reduce the ball again from the byline within the fifth minute.
Alexis Saelemaekers doubled Milan’s lead within the 18th with a strong strike. He celebrated by running to the touchline and holding up a shirt with Kjær’s title on it.