Simone Inzaghi was left “very angry” with Inter’s approach in their 2-0 defeat against Sassuolo.
And he warned his side to buck up their ideas if they want to retain the Serie A title. Early goals from Giacomo Raspadori and Gianluca Scamacca made it a third straight league game without a win for the Nerazzurri, who also lost the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie to Liverpool in midweek. Inter consequently failed to reach the table’s summit despite leaders Milan being held by Salernitana on Saturday. Though only three points separate the top three in the table, Inter sits two points adrift of Milan. Sassuolo has now clocked up wins against Milan and Juventus this term, with head coach Inzaghi left frustrated by his team’s poor application. “I am very angry with the approach because we had three days since Wednesday’s game. “But, first, we talked about the fact Sassuolo beat Juve and Milan away, they play great football, and we had to be wary. “We tried to do everything in the second half, created so many chances and were unlucky. “But the fact remains we should have had a different approach. “Sassuolo had excellent technical quality, they were fresher physically, and it showed. “Inter will analyse the situation. We know there are 13 games to go. We are all up there and want to keep going forward. “The fact is a team that wants to win the Scudetto cannot get the approach as wrong as we did today.” Lautaro Martinez drew a blank for a seventh straight game, as he recorded 36 shots on target but only six goals. Inter are top scorers in Serie A, though, and Inzaghi is sure his side will soon find the net. “I don’t think there is anxiety, and the great champions are accustomed to these games. “However, I think there was a lack of sharpness. There was some fatigue, both physical and mental. “My staff and I tried to focus the players this week. But we conceded two early goals that we usually don’t allow. “We remain the most prolific side in Serie A this season and will get back to scoring goals soon. “When you are a striker and don’t score, you have to stay calm, and the goal will come.” Darmian and Gagliardini were hauled off at half-time for Dumfries and Dzeko, and Inzaghi would have liked to have made more alterations. “I would have happily changed more than two at half-time,” he said. “We lost some of our organisation, we tried to open it up again, but we have to analyse what went wrong today. “There’s another match in [five] days [against Genoa], we know that we play continually and need to be stronger than absences, bans, injuries, setbacks, everything. “We’re all in there and will see what happens at the end of the season.” Likewise, for more football news like this, click here.
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