Inter warm up for Atletico clash by going 10 points clear

Inter Milan stretched their lead at the top of Serie A to 10 points on Friday after cruising past sorry Salernitana 4-0 ahead of their Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid.

Simone Inzaghi looks increasingly likely to claim the first league title of his coaching career with a rampant Inter team who made short work of rock-bottom Salernitana.

Star strike partnership Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martinez set Inter on their way with two goals in the space of two first-half minutes, before Denzel Dumfries tapped home the third five minutes before the break and Marko Arnautovic completed the scoring late on.

It was yet another show of force from Inter who started with a line-up close to Inzaghi’s favoured starting XI and want to beat local rivals AC Milan to 20 league crowns.

And when Martinez took his Serie A tally for the season to 20 shortly afterwards, evading Jerome Boateng before curling home a lovely finish, the match was as good as done with less than 20 minutes gone.

Salernitana didn’t have single shot on target as Inter hemmed them in from the first whistle, the manner of victory so comprehensive that Inzaghi had the luxury of substituting his star players with half an hour remaining.

And the night was complete when Arnautovic, who has struggled since signing for Inter in the summer, tapped in Dumfries’ deflected low cross in the final minute.

Inter now turn their attentions to Tuesday’s clash at the San Siro as they try to repeat last season’s run to the Champions League final.