Martinez sends Inter into second past Cremonese, Atalanta in top four

Simone Inzaghi's side, who were without suspended stars Milan Skriniar and Nicolo Barella and injured Marcelo Brozovic, are 10 points of the pace of leaders Napoli ahead of Sunday night's clash against rivals Roma. "Today we needed to take three points back to Milan and we did that," Martinez told DAZN. "I want as many as I can get, and if I do that it means I'm helping the team.
"We can only look at what we need to do because we've lost a lot of points and we need to claw some back, not look above us because 13 points was a big gap." Both Martinez's strikes came following great work from Edin Dzeko, Inter drawing level in the 21st minute when Martinez pounced to net after the Bosnia forward's fine first-time strike was pushed out by Marco Carnesecchi.
And it was Dzeko's neat pass to Martinez in the 65th minute which allowed his strike partner to move to within two goals of leading scorer Victor Osimhen and secure a deserved three points.
Lookman strikes again
One point above Cremonese are Sampdoria who were comfortably dealt with by Atalanta thanks in part to yet another goal from red-hot Ademola Lookman. Nigeria forward Lookman took his total in his debut Serie A season to 12 when doubling the hosts' lead in the 57th minute in Bergamo, nutmegging Nicola Murru before spending towards goal and rifling home a low strike. Lookman is in the most prolific period of his career and has scored seven times in league and cup in January.
"I've put more focus into the things that are more important, it's working for me," said Lookman to DAZN when asked why he had suddenly starting scoring so frequently. "Different circumstances, different situations... I'm in a good moment, scoring goals, helping the team, it's just the way it is."
Joakim Maehle headed Atalanta into the lead shortly before the break after Lookman had hit the post, putting Gian Piero Gasperini's side on the way to a win which puts them fourth, level on 38 points with Milan who maintain third place by virtue of having a game in hand. Earlier, Torino came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Empoli thanks to late strikes from Samuele Ricci and Antonio Sanabria.