Inter Milan has closed the gap on Serie A leader Atalanta after beating Como 2-0. Carlos Augusto got the opener early in the second half and Marcus Thuram hammered home a second in stoppage time on Monday.

The ‘Nerazzurri’ struggled against Como but bagged maximum points to maintain pressure on Napoli and Atalanta at the top of the table.

Inter Milan saw off Como 2-0 on Monday to stretch their unbeaten run in Serie A to 11 games and move back to within three points of leaders Atalanta.

Inter will close the 17th round of Serie A with a home match against Como. At San Siro, the Nerazzurri want to respond to Napoli and Lazio and stay in touch with Atalanta. After the resounding 6-0

Atalanta can celebrate Christmas as the sole Serie A leaders, although Inter are keeping up the pace only three points behind with a game in hand, but there are big changes at the bottom.We go into

Inter beat promoted Como 2-0 at San Siro on Monday thanks to goals by Carlos Augusto and Marcus Thuram to stay on the heels of leaders Atalanta. Champions Inter are third with 37 points from 16 games,