"The victory sees Cristian Chivu's side extend their unbeaten Serie A streak to 14 matches, while also increasing their cushion at the top of the table to 10 points. But Inter were made to work for their victory as Lecce dug in to deny the visitors a routine passage, with Luis Henrique seeing a controlled volley saved early on despite a heavy deflection. Marcus Thuram and Francesco Pio Esposito also saw efforts on target denied, with the latter's glancing header tipped around the post superbly by Wladimiro Falcone."
"With his assist for Akanji's goal, Dimarco became the first defender to provide at least one assist in five straight appearances across the last 20 Serie A campaigns (since 2006-07). Inter have now also won their last nine Serie A away matches, keeping a clean sheet in the last six. Only once in their top-flight history have the Nerazzurri recorded a longer run of consecutive away wins - 11 between October 2006 and March 2007 under Roberto Mancini."
Inter secured a 2-0 win over Lecce at Stadio Via Del Mare thanks to late substitute goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan (75') and Manuel Akanji (82'). Lecce defended resolutely, with Wladimiro Falcone producing a superb save to tip Francesco Pio Esposito's header around the post and Luis Henrique having a volley saved. Federico Dimarco had a goal ruled out for offside earlier. Dimarco provided assists for both goals, becoming the first defender with assists in five straight appearances across the last 20 Serie A campaigns. Inter extended an unbeaten run to 14 matches, lead the table by ten points, outscored expected goals 2.15 to 0.12, and have won nine successive away league matches while keeping six consecutive away clean sheets.
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