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Inter Milan put one foot in next season’s Champions League on Monday after coming from behind to beat relegation-threatened Torino 3-1 and move up to second place in Serie A.
Antonio Conte’s Inter moved above Atalanta and Lazio to go eight points behind league leaders Juventus thanks to two goals early in the second half from Ashley Young and Diego Godin and another from Lautaro Martinez just after the hour mark.
The Milanese club are level on 68 points with off-form Lazio, who slumped to a 2-1 defeat at Sassuolo on Saturday, and one ahead of flamboyant Atalanta in fourth.
However, with a first league title since 2010 unlikely, the most important statistic for Inter is the 14-point gap between them and fifth-placed Roma with six matches left to play.
“It’s important to win matches like this any way you can ... I think we deserved to win,” said Godin.
“We’re second now and we want to continue winning ... let’s see where we can finish, but it’s difficult to get closer to Juventus.”
Torino meanwhile still have to look over their shoulders following their fourth defeat since the league restarted last month.
Moreno Longo’s side are 16th, five points above the relegation zone with the visit of fellow strugglers Genoa coming up on Thursday.
Inter, who were missing star striker Romelu Lukaku and started without regular first-teamers Milan Skriniar, Christian Eriksen and Antonio Candreva, didn’t have it all their own way at the San Siro.
Scoreline: Inter Milan 3 (Young 49’, Godin 51’, Martinez 61’) Torino 1 (Belotti 17’).SERIE A STANDINGS (TOP 6)
Club P W D L GF GA Pts
Juventus 32 24 4 4 67 32 76
Inter Milan 32 20 8 4 68 34 68
Lazio 32 21 5 6 68 35 68
Atalanta 32 20 7 5 87 41 67
Roma 32 16 6 10 59 43 54
Napoli 32 15 7 10 52 43 52
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Inter Milan put one foot in next season’s Champions League on Monday after coming from behind to beat relegation-threatened Torino 3-1 and move up to second place in Serie A.
Antonio Conte’s Inter moved above Atalanta and Lazio to go eight points behind league leaders Juventus thanks to two goals early in the second half from Ashley Young and Diego Godin and another from Lautaro Martinez just after the hour mark.
The Milanese club are level on 68 points with off-form Lazio, who slumped to a 2-1 defeat at Sassuolo on Saturday, and one ahead of flamboyant Atalanta in fourth.
However, with a first league title since 2010 unlikely, the most important statistic for Inter is the 14-point gap between them and fifth-placed Roma with six matches left to play.
“It’s important to win matches like this any way you can ... I think we deserved to win,” said Godin.
“We’re second now and we want to continue winning ... let’s see where we can finish, but it’s difficult to get closer to Juventus.”
Torino meanwhile still have to look over their shoulders following their fourth defeat since the league restarted last month.
Moreno Longo’s side are 16th, five points above the relegation zone with the visit of fellow strugglers Genoa coming up on Thursday.
Inter, who were missing star striker Romelu Lukaku and started without regular first-teamers Milan Skriniar, Christian Eriksen and Antonio Candreva, didn’t have it all their own way at the San Siro.
Scoreline: Inter Milan 3 (Young 49’, Godin 51’, Martinez 61’) Torino 1 (Belotti 17’).SERIE A STANDINGS (TOP 6)
Club P W D L GF GA Pts
Juventus 32 24 4 4 67 32 76
Inter Milan 32 20 8 4 68 34 68
Lazio 32 21 5 6 68 35 68
Atalanta 32 20 7 5 87 41 67
Roma 32 16 6 10 59 43 54
Napoli 32 15 7 10 52 43 52
