Serie A, Bologna 2-1 Inter: Radu error sees Nerazzurri miss chance to go top

Milan
regained
top
spot
in
the
league
with
late
victory
at
Lazio
on
Sunday
and
Inter
made
a
good
response
in
their
game
in
hand
at
Stadio
Renato
Dall’Ara
when
Ivan
Perisic
struck
after
just
three
minutes.

Marko
Arnautovic
restored
parity
against
his
former
side
25
minutes
later,
though,
and
Sansone
profited
from
an
Ionut
Radu
mistake
with
nine
minutes
remaining
to
seal
an
unlikely
victory.

Results
|

Fixtures

Defeat
left
Inter
two
points
behind
leaders
Milan
with
four
games
left
to
play
as
the
neighbours
battle
for
the
title.

2’53”
–
Ivan
Perisic
has
scored
the
earliest
Inter’s
goal
in
Serie
A
this
season
(2
minutes
and
53
second);
indeed,
it
was
the
fastest
goal
netted
by
the
Nerazzurri
in
a
top-flight
match
since
Lukaku’s
against
Genoa
in
February
2021
(32
seconds).
Blaze.#BolognaInter
pic.twitter.com/eZQaTTu69l

—
OptaPaolo
????
(@OptaPaolo)

April
27,
2022

Perisic
blasted
Inter
into
an
early
lead
in
expert
fashion,
nutmegging
Musa
Barrow
before
powering
a
left-footed
thunderbolt
into
the
top-right
corner.

A
stinging
drive
from
Federico
Dimarco
tested
Lukasz
Skorupski,
before
Lautaro
Martinez
wastefully
fired
over
a
presentable
rebound
to
double
the
lead.

Arnautovic
then
levelled
things
up
by
heading
Barrow’s
left-wing
cross
into
the
bottom-right
corner,
while
Denzel
Dumfries
spurned
a
headed
chance
from
Perisic’s
centre
at
the
other
end.

Dimarco
blazed
over
after
the
interval
and
twice
tamely
found
Skorupski’s
hands
when
unmarked
from
the
edge
of
the
area,
before
the
Bologna
goalkeeper
denied
Milan
Skriniar’s
goal-bound
header.

Inzaghi
sent
on
forwards
Edin
Dzeko
and
Alexis
Sanchez
in
search
of
a
late
winner,
but
it
was
starting
striker
Martinez
who
headed
over
Hakan
Calhanoglu’s
corner.

Radu
then
handed
Bologna
victory
as
he
missed
a
simple
Perisic
pass
backwards,
with
Sansone
converting
a
simple
tap
in
to
punish
the
Inter
goalkeeper.

????
|
FULL
TIME

It’s
all
over
at
the
Dall’Ara#BolognaInter
2️⃣
–
1️⃣#FORZAINTER
⚫️????

pic.twitter.com/AD6R9eFnmw

—
Inter
????????????
(@Inter_en)

April
27,
2022

What
does
it
mean?
Inter
falter
in
Scudetto
charge

Reigning
champions
Inter
were
unbeaten
in
15
previous
visits
to
Bologna
in
Serie
A
and
dominated
once
more
but
were
punished
for
failing
to
make
their
dominance
pay
against
Miroslav
Tanjga’s
side.

Indeed,
the
visitors
fired
26
shots
to
Bologna’s
five,
but
the
profligate
nature
of
the
Nerazzurri
came
back
to
haunt
Simone
Inzaghi’s
side.
Inter
will
now
have
to
rely
on
leaders
Milan
slipping
up
in
their
last
four
games
to
overturn
the
two-point
deficit.

Awesome
Arnautovic

Arnautovic
came
back
to
thwart
his
former
side,
with
his
first-half
header
dragging
Bologna
back
into
the
contest.

The
Austria
international
has
scored
13
goals
in
Serie
A
this
season,
his
highest
tally
in
a
single
campaign
across
Europe’s
top
five
leagues.

Miserable
Martinez

Martinez
had
scored
four
goals
in
three
games
across
all
competitions,
including
a
Coppa
Italia
semi-final
brace
against
Milan
on
Tuesday,
but
failed
to
leave
his
mark
at
Bologna.

The
Argentina
international
squandered
a
great
first-half
opening,
one
of
a
game-high
six
shots
he
attempted,
though
the
striker
only
found
the
target
with
one
of
those.

What’s
next?

Inter
will
look
to
respond
in
their
title
charge
when
they
visit
Udinese
on
Sunday
(May
1),
while
Bologna
travel
to
Roma
on
the
same
day.