Inter defender Milan Skriniar, who joined from Samp in the close season, got the opener in the 18th minute by scrambling the ball home from a corner and declined to celebrate. Ivan Perisic was desperately unlucky to hit the post with a clever lob from midfield after catching goalkeeper Christian Puggioni off his line before Icardi added the second with a perfectly timed volley in the 32nd minute. Icardi then hit the post with a header before halftime and it seemed to be all over for Samp when the Argentine struck again with another volley in the 54th. Perisic hit the bar just past the hour before Dawid Kownacki pulled one back in the 64th minute and Fabio Quagliarella then scored another for the visitor with five minutes left.Mauro Icardi has now scored 10 goals in 10 games in Serie A for Inter this season.
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It was now panic station for Inter as Quagliarella just missed Gian Marco Ferrari's cross and Gianluca Caprari fired over the bar before Skriniar came to the home side's rescue with a sliding tackle to stop another effort on goal.RESULTInter 3 (Skriniar 18, Icardi 32, 54) Sampdoria 2 (Kownacki 64, Quagliarella 85) WEDNESDAY'S MATCHESAtalanta v Verona, Bologna v Lazio, Cagliari v Benevento, Chievo v Milan, Fiorentina v Torino, Genoa v Napoli, Juventus v SPAL, Roma v Crotone and Sassuolo v Udinese POINTS TABLETeams P W D L GD PtsInter 10 8 2 0 13 26Napoli 9 8 1 0 21 25Juventus 9 7 1 1 18 22Lazio 9 7 1 1 14 22Ivan Perisic to Mauro Icardi: Is the most prolific assist to goalscorer combination in Serie A this season, yielding 4️⃣ goals #InterSamp
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