Torino's Nikola Vlasic, center, and Inter Milan's Marcelo Brozovic, second right, in action during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Inter and Torino, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. (Claudio Grassi/LaPresse via AP)
A late goal from Marcelo Brozovic gave Inter Milan a 1-0 win at home to Torino in Serie A on Saturday but they also had to thank goalkeeper Samir Handanovic who made several fine saves.
Croatian midfielder Brozovic managed to steer the ball past Torino keeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic from inside the area in the 89th minute after a through ball from Nicolo Barella.
Inter are now in third place with 12 points from six games, two points behind leaders Napoli who beat Spezia 1-0 on Friday.
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Inter were without the services of injured forward Romelu Lukaku and struggled to score against a solid Torino defence.
The game was even in the first 20 minutes with Torino creating several chances while Inter were trying to gain momentum for counter-attacks.
Nikola Vlasic almost put Torino ahead in the 20th but his shot was saved by Handanovic.
Torino started the second half aggressively with several chances against a passive Inter defence. Handanovic came to the rescue several times with superb saves.
Milan Skriniar could have put Inter in front with a header in the 75th, but Milinkovic-Savic managed to keep it out.
