SERIA A RECAP: Monza earn first ever Serie A win against Juventus; Udinese stun Inter heavily

Sports Doctor 9/18/2022 10:30:00 AM

There were some huge games in Serie A on Sunday with Inter and Juventus in action.

You can follow what went down here with Milan v Napoli still to come this evening.

Allegri’s problems grow as Monza stun Juventus

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Scorers: Gytkjær 74′.

Sent off: Di María 41′.

The pressure is mounting on Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri after his side were beaten by Serie A bottom side Monza.

Raffaele Palladino’s side, in their first ever season in the Italian top flight, earned their first ever win at this level with an energetic performance against the Old Lady who were reduced to ten man.

Ángel Di María saw red in the first half after appearing to lash out at Monza defender Armando Izzo, throwing an elbow into the body of the centre-back.

It left the visitors with their backs against the wall for the second half as the newly-promoted team pushed for a breakthrough.

Dany Mota and Christian Gytkjær both spurned good chances from close range before the winning goal eventually came in the 74th minute.

Patrick Ciurria’s inviting cross landed at the feet of Gytkjær six yards out and he poked the ball past Mattia Perrin to seal a historic victory.

The result leaves Juventus eighth in the table with just two wins from their first seven games, while Monza move off the bottom and up to 18th.

From earlier

Udinese blow Inter away

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Scorers: Škriniar (OG) 22′, Bijol 85′, Arslan 90+3; Barella 5′.

Inter fell to yet another defeat after being outplayed by Udinese at the Dacia Arena.

Nicoló Barella had given Inter the lead after just five minutes with a stunning free-kick into the top corner from 25 yards out but before long the hosts were level when Roberto Pereyra’s set-piece was turned into his own net by Milan Škriniar.

After a bright start from the visitors they struggled to maintain their authority on the game and it resulted in head coach Simone Inzaghi making a double substitution in the 30th minute, with Alessandro Bastoni and Henrikh Mkhitaryan making way.

That drastic measure didn’t have the desired effect with Udinese growing in confidence and launching a heavy assault on the Inter goal.

Sandi Lovric’s low drive from the edge of the box was tipped wide by Samir Handanović before Gerard Deulofeu was denied by the post.

But the goal eventually did come five minutes from full-time with Deulofeu’s corner headed in at the near post by Jaka Bijol.

Inter pushed for an equaliser which left me open at the back and Tolgay Arslan headed in after a swift counter-attack to earn a stunning victory for Andrea Sottil’s side, who have now won five out of their first seven games while Inter drop to sixth with their third defeat of the season so far.