WATCH: Inter survive scare against Empoli to keep their Scudetto hopes alive

Serie A title holders Inter Milan completed a remarkable comeback on Friday night to keep their dream of retaining the league title running. The Nerazzurri fought hard inside the Giuseppe Meazza to secure a 4-2 win over Empoli despite conceding the first two goals early on.

Andrea Pinamonti, who is on loan from Inter, opened the scoring for the visitors under just five minutes, firing the ball past Samir Handanovic at the near post. 23 minutes later Kristjan Asllani doubled the lead for Aurelio Andreazzoli's men from an electrifying breakaway move, leaving the home fans and the hosts stunned.

However, the advantage did not last for long as Simone Romagnoli's own-goal in the 40th minute will give Inter the deserved lifeline before Lautaro Martinez ensured parity with scoring his 18th goal of the season on the stroke of half-time. The Argentine was called upon once more in the 64th minute to score his side's third of the night before substitute Alexis Sanchez sealed the win with the final goal of the night.

Comeback: COMPLETE!

From 0-2 down, Inter Milan hit back to take the lead against Empoli.

Lightning reactions from Lautaro Martínez! pic.twitter.com/Ir1vJe9Tt2

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Alexis Sánchez adds the finishing touches as Inter return to the top of Serie A with a 4-2 victory over Empoli. pic.twitter.com/XY3mdFjsyM

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The result moved the defending champions back into first position, with just a point separating them and title rivals AC Milan. The latter travels to Hellas Verona on Sunday and will look for a win as they aim to move back to the top of the table.

Pos.		Team	GW	W	G	V	DV	DT	DG	P	Vorm
1		Internazionale	37	29	6	2	87	20	+67	93	GWVWW
2		Milan	37	22	8	7	73	46	+27	74	VWGGV
3		Bologna	37	18	14	5	54	30	+24	68	GWGGW
4		Juventus	37	18	14	5	52	31	+21	68	GGGGG
5		Atalanta	36	20	6	10	67	39	+28	66	WWWWW
6		Roma	37	18	9	10	64	44	+20	63	WVGGW
7		Lazio	37	18	6	13	48	38	+10	60	GWGWW
8		Fiorentina	36	15	9	12	55	42	+13	54	GWVWW
9		Torino	37	13	14	10	36	33	+3	53	WWGVG
10		Napoli	37	13	13	11	55	48	+7	52	GVGGV
11		Genoa	37	11	13	13	43	45	-2	46	VWGWV
12		Monza	37	11	12	14	39	49	-10	45	VVGGV
13		Hellas Verona	37	9	10	18	36	49	-13	37	WVWVW
14		Lecce	37	8	13	16	32	54	-22	37	VVGGW
15		Cagliari	37	8	12	17	40	65	-25	36	WVGVG
16		Frosinone	37	8	11	18	44	68	-24	35	WVGWG
17		Udinese	37	5	19	13	36	53	-17	34	GWGGV
18		Empoli	37	8	9	20	27	53	-26	33	GVGVW
19		Sassuolo	37	7	8	22	42	74	-32	29	VVWVV
20		Salernitana	37	2	10	25	29	78	-49	16	VGVVV