The 265th historic match between Inter Milan and AC Milan featured a goal fest (though Inter was in the driver’s seat throughout the 90 min.). Inter opened a (2-0) lead in the 1st half behind goals from Crespo and Stankovic.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic added another for Inter right after half-time before Clarence Seedorf opened the scoring for AC Milan. Materazzi, Inter’s dubious defender, scored the 4th and pushed Inter back to their 3 goal cushion, but was then red-carded (2nd yellow) for taking off his jersey in celebration.

With 10-men, Inter looked less formidable, and AC Milan was able to put pressure on the Serie A leaders with two late goals from Gilardino and Kaka. This time the damage was not catastrophic for Inter, but Mancini must be both frustrated and cautious about his team’s lack of discipline.

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