Inter missed the chance to move five points clear at the top of Serie A after being twice put behind by Scott McTominay in their entertaining 2-2 draw against Napoli.
After second-placed AC Milan only drew 1-1 against Fiorentina earlier on Sunday, Cristian Chivu’s side were unable to capitalize later at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.
The Nerazzurri got off to an ideal start and took the lead after just nine minutes.
After McTominay was robbed of possession, Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram combined to overlap Federico Dimarco, who slid a low shot past Vanja Milinkovic-Savic from a tight angle.
However, McTominay made up for it in the 26th minute, making a smart run to meet Eljif Elmas’ low cross and beat Yann Sommer at his near post.
Inter regained the lead in the 73rd minute when referee Daniele Doveri pointed to the penalty spot after a VAR review and deemed that Amir Rrahmani had fouled Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Antonio Conte’s furious protest saw him shown a red card, but Hakan Calhanoglu held his nerve to sweep his penalty off the post.
However, Napoli leveled again eight minutes later when McTominay struck home after Noa Lang did well to keep Matteo Politano’s deep cross alive.
The Partenopei survived injury in stoppage time when Mkhitaryan’s deflected volley came back off the post, retaining a share of the spoils.
3 – Inter is the first team that Scott plays against #McTominay has scored in three different Serie A matches; Furthermore, he has scored the most goals against the Nerazzurri in the league: three, equal to Torino. Irreconcilable.#InterNapoli #SerieA pic.twitter.com/h9oTzBJHfK
— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) January 11, 2026
Data Debrief: Three is the magic number for McTominay
Inter are the first team against whom McTominay has now scored in three separate Serie A matches. The Scottish midfielder’s first goal was Napoli’s 3,700th in Serie A, making them the seventh team to reach that number, joining Juventus, Inter, Milan, Roma, Fiorentina and Lazio.
And after his excellent first appearance, Dimarco has now been directly involved in nine league goals (four goals, five assists) this season, the most of any defender in Europe’s five major leagues (equal with Alex Grimaldo).
Since returning to Inter in the 2021/22 season, the full-back is also the highest scoring defender in Serie A with 19 goals, and his team were perhaps unlucky not to claim all three points here.
Inter finished the match with an expected goals total (xG) of 1.45 from their 13 shots, compared to Napoli’s 0.74 from their seven attempts.
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