MILAN (BN24) — Lautaro Martinez continued his prolific form with a milestone goal as Inter Milan defeated previously unbeaten Cremonese 4-1 on Saturday, pulling level atop the Serie A standings.
The win marked Inter’s fifth straight across all competitions and pushed them to 15 points alongside AC Milan, Napoli, and Roma, all of whom play their weekend fixtures on Sunday.
Martinez opened the scoring just six minutes into the match at San Siro, finishing a swift counterattack with a first-time strike. The goal brought his tally to 158 across all competitions for Inter, moving him into a tie for fifth on the club’s all-time scoring list with Luigi Cevenini. Only Giuseppe Meazza (284), Alessandro Altobelli (209), Roberto Boninsegna (171), and Sandro Mazzola (161) are ahead of him.
Inter extended their lead through Ange-Yoan Bonny, who headed in a cross from Federico Dimarco late in the first half. Bonny, filling in for the injured Marcus Thuram, also registered three assists in a standout performance.
Dimarco added a third for Inter shortly after halftime with a low drive following a corner, and Nicolò Barella made it 4-0 moments later after a flowing team move. Cremonese pulled one back through Federico Bonazzoli, but the result was already beyond doubt.
The defeat ended Cremonese’s unbeaten start to the campaign. The newly promoted side had stunned AC Milan at San Siro on the opening weekend but found no such luck against Simone Inzaghi’s Inter.
Former Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy came off the bench in the 58th minute for Cremonese but was unable to change the outcome.
Elsewhere in Serie A
In Rome, Lazio and Torino played to a dramatic 3-3 draw that was decided by Danilo Cataldi’s penalty 13 minutes into stoppage time. Torino had taken the lead three minutes earlier through Saúl Coco.
Matteo Cancellieri scored twice for Lazio in the first half, becoming the youngest Lazio player to score a brace since Sergej Milinkovic-Savic did so in 2018 at age 22.
Lecce earned their first victory of the season with a 1-0 win at Parma, sealed by a first-half goal from Riccardo Sottil.
