Defending champion Inter Milan missed the chance to move level at the top of the Serie A after a 3-0 loss to Fiorentina.

Fiorentina honoured Edoardo Bove in perfect fashion on Thursday by defeating Inter Milan 3-0 in a match which was stopped in December for the midfielder's on-pitch heart attack. On Monday night Inter will have chance for revenge for a first league defeat since losing the Milan derby in September as they host Fiorentina at the San Siro.

Inter Milan suffered a 3-0 loss at Fiorentina in their rescheduled Serie A fixture on Thursday, but manager Simone Inzaghi does not want to make a drama of the defeat and feels it is still too early to worry about the league standings.

Simone Inzaghi did not hold back following Inter’s 3-0 loss away to Fiorentina in Serie A on Thursday night, admitting that his players ‘deserved’ defeat and that his side ‘didn’t show what