Positive News For Inter As Mkhitaryan Makes A Confession Over Porous Defending

Written By Onyeka Daniel

It was all smiles yesterday at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium at the end of the Match against Torino as the team labored to a 3-2 win to a team that was one man down since the 20th minute but still threatened to grab a point from the encounter.

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For the hero of the match, Marcus Thuram, he managed to shake off the nasty challenge from Guillermo Maripan that earned the red card and the former Borussia Monchengladbach forward went on to score a hat-trick, his first as an Inter player but had to be substituted in the 68th minute.

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While on the bench, he was spotted with an ice pack on his ankle. With fears that he may have sustained an injury from that earlier challenge in the first half. The Frenchman underwent tests today and does not have any injury following a harsh tackle suffered against Torino.

Hence, he will travel to France on Monday for international duty and carry out training with the squad as usual, but the club will continue to keep an eye on him and ask for maximum caution from the Les Blues. In a related development, Henrikh Mkhitaryan made a confession over Inter’s recent poor defending.

The Armenian, who has also played for Manchester United and Arsenal admitted that Inter are “making life difficult” for themselves after their win over Torino. The Nerazzurri midfielder spoke to the press after yesterday’s clash, and he acknowledged the need for improvement.

Yesterday was not the first time that Inter have had to see out a nervy finish to a match in which they’d largely dominated.It was a similar story against Udinese last weekend.Like against Torino, Inter allowed the Friulani back into the match twice, including late in the contest.

Mkhitaryan admitted that against Torino, “After we scored the second goal we eased up a bit.” He said in a post match interview with SportMediaset. “After the kickoff, when Torino got the ball forward, we conceded a goal that we shouldn’t have,” he continued. “We let themselves back into the match and caused problems for ourselves.”

Mkhitarayn then said that “In the second half we improved. “We moved the ball quickly in possession. We created a lot of chances and we finally found the goal. “Then we thought we’d finished it off,” Mkhitarayn said. “But then we allowed them to open it back up with the penalty for 3-2, which caused us problems.”

“We’re happy with the win,” he continued. “But there’s still a lot of work to do.”“I’ve already said that there are aspects we have to improve on,” Mkhitaryan said. “Because last season we didn’t give many opportunities to our opposition. “This season we’ve been allowing them more space, and more chances to score.”

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“We need to improve,” Mkhitaryan made clear. “Not just in the defensive position, but the whole team defensively.” He further added. With the coming of the international break, the next match for the reigning Serie A champions will be on the 20th, away to Roma at the Stadio Olimpico before traveling to fave Young Boys in the UCL, also an away fixture.

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