"The home side should have gone in front inside two minutes, as Lautaro Martinez played Nicolo Barella through on goal, but he was denied by goalkeeper Jean Butez. Nevertheless, Cristian Chivu's men were rewarded for their fast start as they took the lead after 11 minutes, with Luis Henrique cutting the ball back for Martinez, who made no mistake from close range."
"Como created their first opportunity of note in the 53rd minute, as substitute Tasos Douvikas blazed an effort over at the back post after being set up by Jesus Rodriguez. Rodriguez continued to pose problems as Yann Sommer failed to deal with his cross from the right, but Alex Valle could not capitalise as he headed over from close range."
"The scoreline may reflect harshly on Como, as they produced 0.95 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Inter's 1.24 from 11 attempts, but the home side's clinical nature proved to be the difference. A key component of Inter's convincing win was their blistering start, and they have now scored 12 first-half goals from 14 league matches this season - the most of any side in Serie A."
Inter moved to the top of Serie A after a 4-0 win over Como at the San Siro. Lautaro Martinez opened the scoring in the 11th minute from a Luis Henrique cutback. Como threatened in the second half, with substitute Tasos Douvikas and Jesus Rodriguez creating chances while Alex Valle headed over. Inter doubled through Marcus Thuram from a Federico Dimarco set-piece cross, Hakan Calhanoglu scored from distance, and Carlos Augusto finished a pinpoint Dimarco cross. Como produced 0.95 xG from 15 shots versus Inter's 1.24 from 11. Inter have scored 12 first-half goals in 14 league matches and recorded ten straight wins over Como; Martinez reached 150 Serie A goal involvements.
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