Leaders Inter Milan lived up to expectations as they cruised to a 4-0 home win over bottom-placed Salernitana on Friday to strengthen their grip on top of Serie A, 2023-2024.
Goals from Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martinez, Denzel Dumfries and Marko Arnautovic sealed the win that lifted Simone Inzaghi’s side to 63 points, 10 clear of second placed Juventus, who were shocked by Udinese on Monday. “It was a solid match, approached in the best possible way. Salernitana had created problems for many teams,” coach Inzaghi told reporters.
“Westill have a long way to go. We must stay focused even when we sleep. We are looking only at the next game, our goal is to reach the end of all competitions.”
The hosts grabbed the lead in the 17th minute thanks to Thuram’s powerful strike from the centre of the box off Carlos Augussto’s cross.
Serie A top scorer Martinez doubled the lead just two minutes later as he scored his 20th league goal of the season, curling a superb long-range shot from Augusto’s second assist of the night.
Dumfries made it 3-0 in the 40th minute, pouncing on rebound from goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, while substitute Arnautovic’s tap-in sealed the rout in the final seconds of the game.
SERIE A, 2023-2024 RESULTS:
Inter Milan 4 [Thuram 17, Martinez 19, Dumfries 40, Arnautovic 90] vs Salernitana 0;
Torino 2 [Bellanova 50, Zapata 81] vs Lecce 0.