Champions Inter deny would-be title rivals Roma as Martínez haunts Gasperini | Nicky Bandini

Striker’s double rescued a 2-2 draw and extend his unbeaten record against sides coached by Gian Piero Gasperini

Gian Piero Gasperini could not keep himself from smiling. His Roma team had just squandered a two-goal lead at home to Inter but as he crossed the Stadio Olimpico pitch to greet the man who had led the visitors’ comeback, his lips formed into a grin.

“He always scores against me”, explained a laughing Gasperini when he was asked what he had said to Lautaro Martínez a short while after. “I told him to stop it! He does it to everyone, though. He’s a great champion, everyone thinks very highly of him, even if he makes all of us suffer.”