Genoa [Italy]: Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku on Saturday equalled the club's record for most away goals in the Serie A season with his brace against Genoa.
Lukaku has now scored 15 away goals in the Italian top flight and is the first Inter player to reach that tally in 70 years, equalling the record set by Stefano Nyers.
The Belgium international gave the lead 34 minutes into the clash when he headed past Mattia Perin after a cross from Cristiano Biraghi.
After Alexis Sanchez doubled the visitors' lead late in the second half, Lukaku charged into the box to meet a pass from Marcelo Brozovic and fire into the net.
The former Manchester United and Chelsea striker has been in fine form since the campaign resumed following a three-month suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With six goals from the nine league games played since mid-June, he has taken his tally to 23 in Serie A and 29 in 44 appearances in all competitions.
Interestingly, Lukaku has now moved to third place among the best Inter' goalscorers in their first Seria A season. He now has more goals than Diego Milito and Amedeo Amadei (22) and is two goals behind Ronaldo Nazario (25) and three behind Stefano Nyers (26).
On a personal level, Belgium’s all-time top-goalscorer has now scored 29 goals across all competitions, beating his previous season-best of 27 for Manchester United.
Meanwhile, the Nerazzurri's win in Genoa was their twelfth victory in the ongoing season, the club achieved this feat first time after 2006-07 campaign.
With the win, Inter Milan moved a point above Atalanta and four above Lazio in the race for the second spot. There are two rounds remaining after this weekend.
“There are regrets about some games but unfortunately, there are years when you get less than what is deserved. I think that happened to us this year,” Inter coach Antonio Conte said.
"We need to finish this season in the best way. ... We won’t win the league but we have to be hungry to finish as high as possible.”
Inter Milan will now play against Napoli in their penultimate league clash on July 29.
