In a bad game, the Milanese team soon allowed goals from Giacomo Raspadori in the eighth minute and from Gianluca Scamacca (26) and then failed to score due to exceptional saves by visiting goalkeeper Andrea Consigli.
The goalkeeper stopped repeated attempts by Bosnian Edin Dzeko (minutes 58, 63 and 69) and a very clear chance by Argentine Lautaro Martínez (72).
Already in added time, the Dutchman Stefan De Vrij reduced the deficit for Inter with a header, but his goal was annulled after a video review, for a handball from an Inter player at the start of the action.
Leaders AC Milan stumbled to a 2-2 draw at bottom side Salernitana on Saturday.
For their part, Atalanta, fifth in the table, lost 0-1 on their visit to Fiorentina (seventh) by allowing a goal from Poland’s Krzysztof Piatek in the 56th minute.
In the fight for fourth place, the last one that qualifies for the next Champions League, Atalanta is three points behind Juventus, fourth, who drew 1-1 against Torino on Friday (10).
Lazio, sixth in the championship, was one unit behind Atalanta after drawing 1-1 on their visit to Udinese (16) in the last duel on Sunday.
Spaniard Gerard Deulofeu put the Udine team ahead in minute five and Brazilian Felipe Anderson put the final equalizer in minute 45.
In a match between clubs from the lower zone, Unione Venezia (17 in Serie A) and Genoa (19) equaled one.
Results of day 26: Friday:
-Juventus-Torino 1-1.
Saturday:
-Sampdoria-Empoli 2-0.
-Rome — Hellas Verona 2-2.
-Salernitana — AC Milan 2-2.
Sunday:
-Fiorentina – Atalanta 1-0.
-Unione Venezia — Genoa 1-1.
-Inter-Sassuolo 0-2.
-Udinese-Lazio 1-1.
Monday:
-Cagliari-Naples.
-Bologna — Spezia.
Positions table:
Team PJ PG PE PP GF GC Pts.
1-AC Milan 26 17 5 4 52 28 56.
2-Inter Milan 25 16 6 3 55 22 54.
3-Naples 25 16 5 4 46 17 53.
4-Juventus 26 13 8 5 38 23 47.
5-Atalanta 25 12 8 5 46 30 44.
6-Lazio 26 12 7 7 53 40 43.
7-Fiorentina 25 13 3 9 44 34 42.
8-Rome 26 12 5 9 44 34 41.
9-Hellas Verona 26 10 7 9 49 42 37.
10-Turin 25 9 6 10 32 26 33.
11-Sassuolo 26 8 9 9 43 44 33.
12-Empoli 26 8 7 11 38 50 31.
13-Bologna 24 8 4 12 29 40 28. 14-Spezia 25 7 5 13 27 46 26.
15-Sampdoria 26 7 5 14 35 42 26.
17-Unione Venezia 25 5 7 13 23 44 22.
18-Cagliari 25 4 9 12 25 46 21.
19-Genoa 26 1 13 12 22 47 16.
20-Salernitana 25 3 5 17 19 58 14.
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