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The victory ended a three-game winless run in all competitions for the defending league champion and ensured it got back to winning ways at the first opportunity after a 2-1 defeat in the Milan derby last weekend.

Udinese, meanwhile, is fifth in Serie A, with this defeat its second on the spin in the league after losing at Roma.

Davide Frattesi put Inter a goal ahead after just 43 seconds in Udine, converting Matteo Darmian's low cross to score the earliest goal in a Serie A match since 27 May 2023, but that was cancelled out by Christian Kabasele's 35th-minute header.

Last season's Serie A top scorer Martinez restored the visitors' advantage in stoppage-time at the end of the first half before the Argentinean made it 3-1 not long after half-time.

Lorenzo Lucca pulled one back for Udinese on 83 minutes to make it a nervy ending for Inter, but it was the visitors who came closest to bagging again with Mehdi Taremi seeing a stoppage-time goal ruled out.

This was Inter's first away victory of the season in all competitions.

Inter boss Simone Inzaghi said he believed a hangover from the derby defeat to Milan ultimately impacted his team's display.

"We came across a healthy team, who got 10 points and were undefeated at home," Inzaghi said.

"However, we always kept control of the match, it's a shame about the ending where you know there can always be a negative episode."

"The two goals are two goals that we should have avoided.

"Our opponents are very dangerous when they show up in the area. We should have done better as a team in both goals, Lucca flew towards our goal with a two-goal advantage, we will have to work better when not in possession.

"[But] it had been almost two years since we lost a derby and it had been two years since we prepared for a match with such difficulties because losing a derby is not like losing a normal match."