In the 28th round of the Italian Serie A, Inter Milan secured a comeback victory against Monza. The Nerazzurri won 3-2 after trailing 0-2 during the match. This victory allowed Inter to take the top spot in the league standings.
By the 44th minute, Monza was already leading 2-0 thanks to goals from Samuele Birindelli and Balde Keita. However, Marco Arnautović reduced the deficit in added time of the first half, and in the second half, Hakan Çalhanoğlu equalized. The winning goal came in the 77th minute when the ball ricocheted off Monza defender Giorgos Kyriakopoulos and found the net.
Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan played 70 minutes and was involved in Inter’s first goal. He delivered a precise cross to Denzel Dumfries, who headed the ball down to assist Arnautović.
Mkhitaryan's match statistics:
- Minutes played: 70
- Expected assists (xA): 0.29
- Accurate passes: 60 (87%)
- Key passes: 1
- Crosses: 1/1
- Long passes: 2/3
- Shots: 1
- Duels won: 2/4
- Aerial duels won: 1/1
- Ball losses: 11
- Fouls committed: 0
- Fouls suffered: 1
- Sofascore rating: 7.3
Italian media ratings:
- Eurosport (5.5): "Not his best match: too many mistakes, little real impact."
- FCInter1908 (5.0): "Resting against Feyenoord didn’t help. His performance is concerning for Inzaghi."
- Sport.virgilio (5.5): "He provided the pre-assist to Dumfries but could have done more during his time on the pitch."
- Calciomercato (4.5): "Failed to mark Birindelli for the first goal. Very weak in ball distribution."
- Passione Inter (5.0): "His static play contributed to Monza’s goal. The pass to Dumfries was his only highlight. Too many errors."