Late Perisic strike sinks Juventus

A second-half winner by Ivan Perisic boosted Frank De Boer's survival prospects as Inter Milan fought to a deserved 2-1 'Derby d'Italia' win over Juventus in Serie A on Sunday.

De Boer was rumoured to be facing the sack after a midweek defeat to Hapoel Beer Sheva followed a run of poor results in the league. But the former Ajax handler's job looks safe, for the meantime, after Inter put their Europa League shocker behind them with a battling performance at a packed San Siro to hand the champions their first defeat of the season.

Stephan Lichesteiner opened the scoring for Massimiliano Allegri's visitors against the run of play on 66 minutes, but Mauro Icardi continued his impressive form against Gianluigi Buffon by hitting the leveller just two minutes later.

Perisic then came off the bench to nod the winner from Icardi's deft cross 12 minutes from time to send Inter up to seventh place in the table.

Inter are now three points behind Napoli, who, on 10 points, hold a one-point lead on Juventus.

Roma, who face Fiorentina away, can also climb to 10 points with a win in Florence later Sunday.

Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri kept star striker Gonzalo Higuain on the bench, with Mario Mandzukic partnering Paulo Dybala, although the Argentine striker was visibly frustrated as he sat on the touchlines.