ROMA have left Inter’s Scudetto dreams in tatters with their first win over the Nerazzurri since 2017, as Paulo Dybala’s volley and a Chris Smalling header overturned Federico Dimarco’s opener.
Jose Mourinho returned to San Siro, but was in the stands due to a touchline ban, with Rick Karsdorp, Georginio Wijnaldum and Ebrima Darboe injured, but Paulo Dybala and Lorenzo Pellegrini shook off muscular issues and Tammy Abraham was surprisingly dropped.
Romelu Lukaku was still out after over a month and was joined by Marcelo Brozovic, so Kristjan Asllani and Edin Dzeko stepped in. Both sides were coming off defeats going into the break for international duty, so it was a crucial battle to stay in the Scudetto race.
Lautaro Martinez’s early header was straight at Rui Patricio, then Edin Dzeko did have the ball in the net from 12 yards after a chaotic move, but what would’ve been his 100th Serie A goal was disallowed by VAR for offside.
Interim Cherries boss Gary O’Neill will still have been delighted to extend his side’s unbeaten run to four Premier League matches.