Inter must improve defensively if they are to go on and retain their Serie A crown this season, so says Simone Inzaghi. (More Football News)
Marcus Thuram's hat-tric💟k propelled Inter t🌃o a 3-2 victory over 10-man Torino on Saturday.
It was Inter's second 3-2 win on the spin in Serie A, moving them up to seไcond.
Inter only conceded seven shots, but five of♉ those were on target, with Torino's ꦡ1.61 expected goals (xG) showing the visitors created decent openings at San Siro, where Nikola Vlasic converted a late penalty to set up a grandstand finale.
"Clearly, we need to improve in some aspects, we pay a heavy price for every tiny distraction," said Inzaghi, who has seen Inter concede ༒two goals in successive league matches for the first time since M꧟ay 2023.
"We worked really hard on details that need to be whittled down, thꦰe lads have great spirit, but considering everything we did today, today's game shouldn't have ended 3-2.
"Seeing a team perform like this in three matches makes me want to congratulate these guys. We need to keep working the way we are, and in our penalty area, we all need t🌃o be more attentive.
"We're working on i🐓t, and we need to do more. Over the past two days𝓰, the team has trained extremely well, and we're trying to pay even more attention to the finer details."
H⛎at-trick hero Thuram, meanwhile, says the entire team must step up when it comes to dꦡefending.
"It's also the fault of the atta🃏ckers, no𓆏t just the defenders or the goalkeeper," he said.
"We are eleven players o𝓀n the pitch and not conceding goals is part of everyone's job. We will try to improve in the upcoming games.
"There’s a lot of work, esp⭕ecially in the penalty area. For me, scoring is always a great feeling, but I always want to remain a player who helps the team above all."
Thuram's haul was the third time he has scored at least twice in a match thi♉s season, matching Erling Haaland.
Indeed, in 2024, only Juvඣentus' Dusan Vlahovic has scored more Serie A goals than Thuram (13).
