Icardi hat trick in vain as Fiorentina beat Inter in nine-goal thriller

Updated: May 17, 2023, 05:45 am

Matias Vecino of Fiorentina celebrates after scoring a goal in his team's win against Inter Milan.
Matias Vecino of Fiorentina celebrates after scoring a goal in his team's win against Inter Milan.
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Inter Milan missed the chance to steal a march on city rivals AC and bump them out of their Europa League qualification spot after losing 5-4 at Fiorentina.

A win would have moved them into seventh at the expense of their San Siro neighbours but, having led 2-1, they conceded three second-half goals in just eight minutes and ended up losing 5-4 despite Mauro Icardi completing a hat trick.

Ivan Perisic and Icardi had turned things around by the 34th minute after Mathias Vecino's opener, but Davide Astori's equaliser with almost a third of the match still to go sparked the home side's comeback.

Vecino and two from Khouma Babacar rapidly took the game away from Inter and although Icardi scored twice in the last couple of minutes -- becoming the first Inter player since Christian Vieri in 2001 to score a league hat trick away from home -- it proved too late to salvage even a point.