Martinez bags a brace as Inter pushes past Udinese
Striker Lautaro Martinez scored a goal in each half to help Inter Milan climb to third place in Serie A with a 3-2 victory away to Udinese.
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.
