Scott McTominay scored twice to claw Napoli again into the sport at San Siro and hold the thrilling Scudetto race broad open, holding Inter to a 2-2 draw.
These two groups battled to the top for the title final season and . David Neres didn’t get well from an ankle sprain in time, becoming a member of Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa, Billy Gilmour, Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku after a 2-2 midweek draw with Verona. The Nerazzurri missed Denzel Dumfries, Matteo Darmian, Josep Martinez and Raffaele Di Gennaro, although have been in high spot after six consecutive Serie A victories.
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MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 11: Federico Dimarco of FC Internazionale Milano scores his crew’s first purpose throughout the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
It took simply 9 minutes to interrupt the impasse, as ex-Napoli midfielder Piotr Zielinski robbed Scott McTominay to ship Lautaro Martinez on the counter, Marcus Thuram had a disguised lay-off for Federico Dimarco’s angled drive from a really difficult place.
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Lautaro Martinez scuffed broad on the finish of a well-worked crew transfer, however Napoli equalised with their first actual probability of the sport. Eljif Elmas received down the left and rolled throughout for McTominay to get in entrance of Manuel Akanji and sweep in from six yards on the close to put up.
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McTominay stole it off Zielinski to check Yann Sommer, whereas Zielinski noticed his effort by chance charged down by Lautaro Martinez.
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic fingertipped a Thuram towering header over the bar from Nicolò Barella’s cross, then was prepared on Yann Bisseck’s flip on the close to put up. Remarkably, there have been solely 4 fouls awarded in all the first half.
Napoli almost turned it round inside minutes of the restart, as Akanji failed to chop out a protracted Milinkovic-Savic clearance, permitting Rasmus Hojlund to dash clear on purpose and see his angled drive skim the bottom of the far put up.
MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 11: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli heads the ball while beneath strain from from Hakan Calhanoglu of FC Internazionale Milano throughout the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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Moments later, Giovanni Di Lorenzo steered a header astray from Leonardo Spinazzola’s cross, however there was a turning level.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan battled contained in the field and managed to prod the ball throughout for a Thuram back-heel flick to Dimarco, whose shot was charged down, then Alessandro Bastoni’s follow-up flew inches broad. Nonetheless, VAR noticed that Rrahmani had trodden on Mkhitaryan’s boot within the transfer and didn’t contact the ball, so Inter obtained a penalty that Hakan Calhanoglu transformed. Antonio Conte was enraged and despatched off, screaming ‘disgrace on you’ into the face of the fourth official.
MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 11: Hakan Calhanoglu of FC Internazionale Milano scores his crew’s second purpose from the pnanlty spot previous Vanja Milinkovic-Savic of SSC Napoli throughout the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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It wasn’t over, as a result of Politano’s cross floated over McTominay, however Noa Lang acrobatically hooked it again in from the by-line and the Napoli midfielder was able to volley in from six yards for 2-2.
MCTOMINAY AGAIN 🔥 Mr Napoli finds his facet an equaliser for the second time towards Inter 💪
Deep into stoppages, Mkhitaryan almost restored Inter’s lead once more, as his strike thumped the upright after Ange-Yoan Bonny’s shoulder barge. It’s the first Serie A draw of all the season for Inter.
Inter 2-2 Napoli
Dimarco 9 (I), McTominay 26, 81 (N), Calhanoglu pen 73 (I)