The defending champions kept their title charge alive by fighting back from two goals down to secure the win.

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.

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.TeamMPWDLGFGAGDPForm
1 Napoli 25 17 5 3 41 19 22 56 DDDWW
2 Internazionale 25 16 6 3 58 24 34 54 LWLDW
3 Atalanta 25 15 6 4 54 26 28 51 DWDWL
4 Juventus 25 11 13 1 42 21 21 46 WWWLW
5 Lazio 25 14 4 7 47 34 13 46 DWWLW
6 Fiorentina 25 12 6 7 41 27 14 42 LLWWW
7 Milan 24 11 8 5 36 24 12 41 WWDWL
8 Bologna 24 10 11 3 38 29 9 41 WDWDW
9 Roma 25 10 7 8 36 29 7 37 WWDWW
10 Udinese 25 9 6 10 32 37 -5 33 WDWLL
11 Genoa 25 7 9 9 24 33 -9 30 WDLWL
12 Torino 25 6 10 9 27 31 -4 28 LDDWD
13 Como 25 6 7 12 30 40 -10 25 WLLLW
14 Cagliari 25 6 7 12 26 39 -13 25 DWLLW
15 Lecce 25 6 7 12 18 41 -23 25 DDWLL
16 Hellas Verona 25 7 2 16 26 54 -28 23 LLWDL
17 Empoli 25 4 9 12 22 38 -16 21 LLLDL
18 Parma 25 4 8 13 30 45 -15 20 LLLLD
19 Venezia 25 3 7 15 22 41 -19 16 LLLDD
20 Monza 25 2 8 15 21 39 -18 14 DLLLL
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