Mauro Icardi lives up to Higuaín's hype as Milan derby rocks with hope | Paolo Bandini


Inter’s lethal finisher scored an injury-time winner in a derby notable for the feelgood factor among both sets of fans

“An assassin.” That was how Gonzalo Higuaín described Mauro Icardi in the build-up to Sunday’s Derby della Madonnina. Invited by Gazzetta dello Sport to name the attributes he would most like to steal from his compatriot, the Milan striker replied: “His heading ability and his sense of timing.”

It appears that no such theft could be arranged. Icardi demonstrated both qualities as he arrived to head home a 91st-minute winner in a match that had looked certain to finish as a goalless stalemate.

| WINNER! |

Milan is blue and black! ⚫

Mauro Icardi's header gives #Inter a dramatic #DerbyMilano victory. It finishes #InterMilan 1-0 #ACMilan.#EarnTheirStripes pic.twitter.com/aHP4MiB8qB

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| GOAL! |

Daniel Bessa gets it for the away side - the perfect #Juve record is in doubt!
@juventusfcen 1-1 @GenoaCFC pic.twitter.com/twdHbD4cy8

Internazionale 1-0 Milan, Fiorentina 1-1 Cagliari, Bologna 2-2 Torino, Chievo 1-5 Atalanta, Parma 0-2 Lazio, Frosinone 3-3 Empoli, Udinese 0-3 Napoli, Juventus 1-1 Genoa, Roma 0-2 Spal

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