The club’s canny acquisitions and the manager’s brand of football where his side refuse to let up even after an opponent’s will has been broken lift them to third place
Lazio won at San Siro on Sunday. An impressive feat at any time but all the more so on this occasion because they weren’t playing there. It was their neighbours, Roma, who had travelled to face Inter but a 1-1 draw between those teams was as good as a victory for the Biancocelesti, who took advantage of dropped points to climb into joint third.
They had done their part by thrashing Chievo 5-1 in the afternoon. So much for the theory that the winter break might cost Lazio momentum. This was the fourth time in 20 games they had hit five or more goals in a match – including a 5-2 win over Spal immediately before Serie A’s one-weekend pause.
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Atalanta 0-1 Napoli, Bologna 3-0 Benevento, Lazio 5-1 Chievo, Sampdoria 3-1 Fiorentina, Sassuolo 1-1 Torino, Udinese 1-1 Spal, Verona 0-3 Crotone, Cagliari 1-2 Milan, Inter 1-1 Roma
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