There’s probably nothing so frustrating as watching your title contender earn a late victory just minutes before your fixture kicks off. Then you’re facing two obstacles – point deficit and the pressure of a must-win situation in front of you. Yet, Inter Milan overcame that challenge and clinched a critical 2-1 away win at Udinese.Three steps to go for AC Milan! The ball is in Inter’s court nowWith it, they are back in the title race with only two points less than their city rivals, AC Milan, ahead of the final three games of the season.Simone Inzaghi’s team made a perfect start to the match, with Perisic placing it in the back of the net after one early corner from the left. It was a massive relief for the visitors, who didn’t withdraw and sit back but rushed for the second.It paid off for them quickly as Dzeko was taken down in the box, and Lautaro Martinez stepped up to convert the penalty. However, he hit the post but was lucky enough to see the ball returning back to him, thus hitting Udinese’s keeper. The second attempt, a header from the edge of the six-yard box, was accurate, and the Nerazzurri were two goals up. A decent mid-table slot of Udinese tried to bounce back against a much better opponent. Anyhow, that second-half goal, their only of the game, wasn’t enough to hurt the title contenders. Pussetto’s tap-in came after Deulofeu executed a sensational free-kick; Handanovic managed only to deny it for a moment but couldn’t prevent Pussetto from nailing it from a close range.Despite conceding that one, the reigning champions kept the keys of the match in their hands to make the last phase of the Serie A campaign as exciting as it gets.SERIE ASaturdayCagliari – Verona 1-2 (0-2)/Joao Pedro 57 – Barak 8, Caprari 44/Napoli – Sassuolo 6-1 (4-0)/Koulibaly 7, Osimhen 15, Lozano 19, Mertens 21, 54, Rrahmani 80 – Lopez 87/Sampdoria – Genova 1-0 (1-0)/Sabiri 25/Spezia – Lazio 3-4 (2-1)/Amian 9, Agudelo 35, Hristov 56 – Immobile 33 pen, Provedel 54 og, Milinkovic-Savic 68, Acerbi 90/SundayJuventus – Venezia 2-1 (1-0)/Bonucci 7, 76 – Aramu 71/Milan – Fiorentina 1-0 (0-0)/Leao 82/Empoli – Torino 1-3 (0-0)/Zurkowski 56 – Belotti 71 pen, 87 pen, 90+7/Udinese – Inter 1-2 (0-2)/Pussetto 71 – Perisic 12, Lautaro 39/21.45: (1.53) Roma (4.30) Bologna (7.00)Monday21.45: (1.33) Atalanta (6.25) Salernitana (10.0)***odds are subject to change
