SASSUOLO, Italy (Reuters) – Newly-crowned champions Inter Milan suffered their second defeat in Serie A this season, as a first-half goal by Armand Lauriente gave relegation-threatened Sassuolo a crucial 1-0 victory at home on Saturday.
Sassuolo have a unique hold over Simone Inzaghi’s side this season as the only team to beat Inter in the league, securing a 2-1 victory in the reverse fixture in September.
The result was a big boost in Sassuolo’s relegation battle as they sit second from bottom on 29 points, with only three points between them and Cagliari in 14th place.
The hosts got the only goal of the match after 20 minutes when Josh Doig managed to wrestle the ball back from Denzel Dumfries near the corner flag and pulled it back to Lauriente, who slotted it into the net from close range.
(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
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