Inter extended their lead at the Serie A summit to three points following a 2-0 win over title rivals Atalanta at the Gewiss Stadium on Sunday. 

Both teams finished the encounter with 10 men after Ederson and Alessandro Bastoni saw red late on, but Simone Inzaghi's side were worthy winners in the contest. 

The result saw Inter capitalise on Napoli's goalless draw with lowly Venezia earlier on Sunday, while Atalanta are now six points adrift of the league leaders. 

Both sides pressed for the opening goal in the first half, with Inter's Marcus Thuram striking the crossbar before Atalanta's Mario Pasalic forced Yann Sommer into a save. 

But it was Inter who edged ahead nine minutes after the restart when Carlos Augusto planted Hakan Calhanoglu's inviting corner with a fine header into the net. 

Ederson was then shown two quick bookings in the 81st minute for a show of dissent towards referee Davide Massa, with Inter making their man advantage count swiftly. 

Lautaro Martinez gathered Nicolo Barella's ball into the box before rifling a fierce shot across Marco Carnesecchi and into the bottom left corner to seal the win. 

Inter, however, would also end the game with a man less after Bastoni needlessly hauled down Daniel Maldini, despite having been cautioned in the 79th minute. 

Data Debrief: Martinez shines in huge victory

Inter's hopes of winning the Scudetto this season were given a welcome boost just hours before they faced Atalanta, and they produced a brilliant away performance led by their captain and star man this campaign. 

Martinez netted his 17th goal across all competitions, while his strike was his 10th in Serie A. Indeed, since the beginning of last season, only Kylian Mbappe (28) has scored more away goals than the Argentine in Europe's top five leagues (22, level with Erling Haaland).

He also continued his scoring streak against Atalanta. Since his first season with a goal against Atalanta in the Italian top-flight (from 2019-20), Martinez is the player who has scored the most goals against a specific team in Serie A (seven). 

Inter have now won six straight Serie A matches against Atalanta for the first time since 1997-2001, while also registering four clean sheets in a row against Sunday's opponents for the first time since 1965-1967.