JUVENTUS SALVAGE DRAW AFTER EIGHT-GOAL THRILLER
Inter Milan and Juventus treated fans to a helter skelter 4-4 draw as the Derby d’Italia between two title challengers more than lived up to the hype.
The result changed a whopping six times as Inter took a brief lead, then fell behind thanks to two goals in six minutes from Juventus. But that turned out to be a pedestrian pace as the hosts responded through Piotr Zielinski’s second penalty and then a stunner from Henrikh Mkhitaryan just moments apart before Denzel Dumfries finally prised a two-goal cushion.
However, the introduction of Kenan Yildiz with half an hour to go changed the game. Forming a lethal pincer attack with Francisco Conceicao on the opposite flank, the teenage Turk struck to give his side hope, then missed from point-blank range before recovering quickly to provide a well-deserved equaliser with less than ten minutes left.
Try as they might, neither side could find a winning goal meaning Napoli may be the biggest beneficiaries of the eight-goal classic – apart from neutral fans – as they open up four and five point gaps to Inter and Juventus at the top of Serie A.