D'Ambrosio saves Inter, AC Milan crash in Serie A

Danilo D'Ambrosio scored the only goal as Inter Milan left it late to squeeze past Genoa 1-0 in Serie A action Sunday and keep in touch with the leaders, as AC Milan fell 2-0 at Sampdoria. D'Ambrosio headed in off a corner with two minutes to go at the San Siro to earn three points for Luciano Spalletti's side, who saw their winning run ended on Tuesday with a 1-1 draw at Bologna. Inter stay third, two points behind leaders Juventus and Napoli, who both claimed their sixth wins out of six on Saturday against Torino, 4-0, and SPAL, 3-2, respectively.

Inter Milan in Serie A this season:

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Goals: 12
Conceded: 2
Clean sheets: 4

Still unbeaten under Spalletti. ?⚫️ pic.twitter.com/7rfkcSN7i4

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Ciro Immobile scored a double including one from the spot to bring his tally to eight for the season, as injury-hit Lazio stayed fourth with a comfortable 3-0 win at Verona. Immobile converted a penalty after 24 minutes, scored from the edge of the box before the break and then teed up Adam Marusic for his first Serie A goal on 60 minutes. City rivals Roma -- who have a game in hand -- are fifth, after easing past Udinese 3-1 on Saturday.

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Duvan Zapata and Ricky Alvarez scored as Sampdoria condemned big-spending AC Milan to their second defeat of the campaign. Zapata broke through after a terrible clearance by his cousin and fellow Colombia international Cristian Zapata after 72 minutes with substitute Alvarez getting the second just before the final whistle. Chinese-owned Milan again showed their difficulty against teams in the top half of the table as they remained sixth after six games with Sampdoria, who have a game in hand, moving seventh just a point behind.

Sampdoria 2-0 AC Milan FT:

Shots: 12-6
Pass accuracy: 81%-84%
Chances created: 6-5
Possession: 47%-53%

Back-to-back away defeats. pic.twitter.com/DMxtaCHYBE

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"We deserved this victory, we fought to the end and must build on this performance," said Zapata. "It's important for us to keep a clean sheet too, now we need to rest and prepare for another important match." Milan had problems defensively with Cristian Zapata having a forgettable afternoon and Leonardo Bonucci and Alessio Romagnoli performing little better.

87': Danilo D'Ambrosio scores for Inter Milan
90': Stephane Omeonga gets sent off
90': Adel Taarabt gets sent off

Late drama. pic.twitter.com/yb7yPryEsS

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Sampdoria dominated from the outset with the visitors having a scare after two minutes when Ivan Strinic's cross hit Franck Kessie on the arm and the referee awarded a penalty. However, the decision was overturned by the video assistant referee. Chievo won at 10-man Cagliari thanks to goals in the second half from Roberto Inglese and Mariusz Stepinski as Crotone earned their first win of the season 2-0 over tailenders Benevento.

Finisce il primo tempo sui campi della #SerieATIM: ecco i risultati parziali dei match delle 15! pic.twitter.com/s5uIT0PLR9

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