The last two unbeaten sides both lost as Serie A returned with subplots and shocks everywhere
If one image could sum up Serie A’s return from the international break then it was Luciano Spalletti, 62 years old, throwing himself face-first down on to the San Siro turf. The Napoli manager had nothing left, his emotions spent after seeing Dries Mertens flash a volley over the bar from six yards out in the 97th minute of his team’s game at Inter.
Spalletti was floored, and so were the rest of us, on a weekend of dizzying drama. Two days in which the last two undefeated sides in Italy’s top league – in all of Europe’s top leagues – scored five goals between them but lost. A round of matches so eventful that José Mourinho having his bacon saved by a spectacular cameo from a teenager was relegated to a footnote.
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