Davide Frattesi put Inter Milan 5 factors clear on the prime of Serie A on Saturday with a last-gasp winner which gave his group an exciting, and controversial, 2-1 victory over Verona. Italy midfielder Frattesi rammed house the decisive strike on the rebound within the third minute of stoppage time of an unbelievable match on the San Siro which was filled with late drama. Simone Inzaghi’s aspect have been lucky to not throw away the win when Thomas Henry, who had netted Verona’s equaliser, thumped a penalty off the put up within the tenth minute of stoppage time.

An enormous roar engulfed the stadium as Inter will probably be alone on the prime of the desk on the midway mark of the season, with closest challengers Juventus at Salernitana on Sunday.

“It was a good shot and I followed the ball, I threw myself onto it and I was lucky it came to me,” mentioned Frattesi to DAZN.

“The most important wins are the ugly ones, these are the ones which help you challenge right to the end.”

The wild celebrations within the stands got here after a match which initially had regarded like being easy for Inter after Lautaro Martinez poked house his sixteenth purpose of the season within the thirteenth minute.

But that every one modified as soon as Henry pulled the away aspect degree within the 74th minute from Ondrej Duda‘s cross, as Inter frantically tried to grab a win.

Frattesi did simply that after Lorenzo Montipo spilled Nicolo Barella‘s shot, the tip of a wild passage of play through which Alessandro Bastoni additionally volleyed a surprising strike off the bar.

However Verona have been furious that Frattesi’s purpose was not chalked off as Bastoni elbowed Duda simply earlier than he fired off his volley which finally led to the winner.

Verona’s sporting director Sean Sogliano unhappy that his group, who’ve critical monetary issues and sit simply contained in the relegation zone, “were disrespected” by the VAR officers.

“It’s incredible that Inter’s winner wasn’t ruled out by VAR, it obviously shouldn’t have stood. Errors like that just shouldn’t happen,” Sogliano mentioned.

The VAR officers did give Verona the prospect to grab what would have been an unbelievable level once they instructed referee Michael Fabbri to have a look at Matteo Darmian‘s foul on Giangiacomo Magnani.

But Henry could not ship from the penalty spot and his group can have an enormous battle to remain in Serie A, with a bunch of gamers set to go away within the January switch window.

Later Fiorentina will attempt to consolidate their spot within the prime 4 once they journey to Sassuolo.

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