Darmian strike earns landmark win for Inter
Inter enjoyed another away-day success to keep pace with Serie A leaders Napoli after narrowly beating Venezia on Sunday.
Matteo Darmian scored the only goal to lift Inter to second in the Serie A standings as it edged past lowly Venezia 1-0 at the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo.
The result saw Simone Inzaghi's side win its sixth consecutive away league game while also keeping a clean sheet in each of those matches for the first time in the club's history.
Inter broke the deadlock in the 16th minute after Lautaro Martinez's excellent touch and volley was saved by Filip Stankovic, only for Darmian to tuck away the rebound.
Martinez continued to threaten in the first half, but saw an effort nine minutes before the break saved by the Venezia goalkeeper, while Mehdi Taremi curled a shot just wide.
Venezia, however, went close to levelling the contest shortly after the interval through Issa Doumbia, but the unmarked Italian saw his shot repelled by Yann Sommer.
Substitute Davide Frattesi spurned a glorious opportunity to double Inter's lead in the 67th minute when one-on-one with Stankovic, but he was unable to convert.
Venezia went within inches of salvaging a point late on when Gianluca Busio curled an effort against the post, with Inter able to hold on for the win in the closing stages.
Inter is just one point behind leaders Napoli, in action against Hellas Verona later in the day.
