Despite a late scare for the Nerazzurri, Inter managed to seal a 1-0 victory over Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani, extending their magnificent start to the season to five consecutive wins.
Serie A leaders Inter squeezed past basement boys Empoli 1-0 despite a dominant performance at the Stadio Carlo Castellani. Simone Inzaghi's men continued their rich vein of form in Tuscany, making it five consecutive away league wins over Gli Azzurri 'to nil.'
Former Napoli and Udinese midfielder Valon Behrami has urged Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri to consider replacing Wojciech Szczesny with Mattia Perin in goal. During an interview with DAZN, the Swiss star backed his ex-Genoa teammate to leapfrog the Poland international in the pecking order.
Milan midfielder Rade Krunic limped off the pitch during Saturday's narrow 1-0 home victory over Hellas Verona. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the Bosnia and Herzegovina international underwent further scans to determine the extent of the injury, and the results aren't positive.
Simone Inzaghi is one win away from getting into the Inter folklore as the early Serie A pacesetters travel to Tuscany to encounter rock-bottom Empoli. The upcoming Sunday clash at the Stadio Carlo Castellani is a textbook definition of a 'David vs. Goliath' tale.
Lazio manager Maurizio Sarri concedes his side deserved the jeers from the disappointed Stadio Olimpico fans during an uneventful 1-1 draw against Monza. After the game, the Biancocelesti boss delivered a damning verdict of his side's sluggish display.
Juventus suffered a morale-crushing 4-2 defeat at Sassuolo on Saturday, with the Mapei Stadium crowd witnessing some of the most incredible scenes you'll see in Serie A this season. From Wojciech Szczesny's epic blunder to help the home side open the scoring to Federico Gatti's ludicrous own goal to seal the visitors' fate, wet conditions in Emilia-Romagna contributed to a truly bizarre evening for Bianconeri.
Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has urged his team to land back on the ground after Sassuolo gave them a harsh reliability check on Saturday. Allegri's lofty ambitions ahead of this round came crashing down right in front of him as Alessio Dionisi's side mauled Bianconeri 4-2 at the Mapei Stadium.
Lazio let an early lead slip through their fingers as Monza held them to a keenly-contested 1-1 draw at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday evening. Maurizio Sarri's charges were desperate to grab three points amid an underwhelming Serie A start, but the visitors stood firm to record a second consecutive stalemate.
The Neroverdi eventually sealed the deal, with Andrea Pinamonti restoring their lead and Federico Gatti's shocking gaffe of an own goal making it 4-2. So here are our player ratings for Juventus who suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of their hosts Sassuolo.
Sassuolo staged an upset of epic proportion as they bounced back from a 4-2 defeat at Frosinone with an emphatic 4-2 home victory over none other than high-flying Juventus. An enthralling encounter at the Mapei Stadium saw Alessio Dionisi's side thrive in the face of adversity to arrest their visitors' stellar Serie A start.
Rafael Leao eased growing tensions at San Siro with an early goal to inspire out-of-form Milan to an ugly 1-0 win over Hellas Verona. Saturday's contest at a soaked surface in the Lombard capital was anything but an eventful affair, especially from the home side's point of view.