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Serie A | Inter 2-2 Napoli: McTominay double keeps thrilling Scudetto battle alive

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12 January 2026

MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 11: Scott McTominay of SSC Napoli celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with teammate Amir Rrahmani during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Scott McTominay scored twice to claw Napoli back into the game at San Siro and keep the thrilling Scudetto race wide open, holding Inter to a 2-2 draw.

These two teams battled to the end for the title last season and the Partenopei won 3-1 when they met on October 25. David Neres didn’t recover from an ankle sprain in time, joining Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa, Billy Gilmour, Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku on the absentee list after a 2-2 midweek draw with Verona. The Nerazzurri missed Denzel Dumfries, Matteo Darmian, Josep Martinez and Raffaele Di Gennaro, though were in top spot after six consecutive Serie A victories.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

MILAN, ITALY - JANUARY 11: Federico Dimarco of FC Internazionale Milano scores his team's first goal during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) — MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 11: Federico Dimarco of FC Internazionale Milano scores his team’s first goal during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

It took just nine minutes to break the deadlock, as ex-Napoli midfielder Piotr Zielinski robbed Scott McTominay to send Lautaro Martinez on the counter, Marcus Thuram had a disguised lay-off for Federico Dimarco’s angled drive from a very tricky position.

Federico Dimarco fires Inter into the lead against Napoli 🔥
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Lautaro Martinez scuffed wide at the end of a well-worked team move, but Napoli equalised with their first real chance of the game. Eljif Elmas got down the left and rolled across for McTominay to get in front of Manuel Akanji and sweep in from six yards at the near post.

It’s what he does 💪
Scott McTominay equalises for Napoli against league leaders Inter 💫
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McTominay stole it off Zielinski to test Yann Sommer, while Zielinski saw his effort accidentally charged down by Lautaro Martinez.

Vanja Milinkovic-Savic fingertipped a Thuram towering header over the bar from Nicolò Barella’s cross, then was ready on Yann Bisseck’s turn at the near post. Remarkably, there were only four fouls awarded in the entire first half.

Napoli nearly turned it around within minutes of the restart, as Akanji failed to cut out a long Milinkovic-Savic clearance, allowing Rasmus Hojlund to sprint clear on goal and see his angled drive skim the base of the far post.

MILAN, ITALY - JANUARY 11: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli heads the ball whilst under pressure from from Hakan Calhanoglu of FC Internazionale Milano during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) — MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 11: Rasmus Hojlund of SSC Napoli heads the ball whilst under pressure from from Hakan Calhanoglu of FC Internazionale Milano during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Moments later, Giovanni Di Lorenzo steered a header off target from Leonardo Spinazzola’s cross, but there was a turning point.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan battled inside the box and managed to prod the ball across for a Thuram back-heel flick to Dimarco, whose shot was charged down, then Alessandro Bastoni’s follow-up flew inches wide. However, VAR spotted that Rrahmani had trodden on Mkhitaryan’s boot in the move and didn’t touch the ball, so Inter received a penalty that Hakan Calhanoglu converted. Antonio Conte was enraged and sent off, screaming ‘shame on you’ into the face of the fourth official.

MILAN, ITALY - JANUARY 11: Hakan Calhanoglu of FC Internazionale Milano scores his team's second goal from the pnanlty spot past Vanja Milinkovic-Savic of SSC Napoli during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) — MILAN, ITALY – JANUARY 11: Hakan Calhanoglu of FC Internazionale Milano scores his team’s second goal from the pnanlty spot past Vanja Milinkovic-Savic of SSC Napoli during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Antonio Conte is FURIOUS after seeing red 🟥😳
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It wasn’t over, because Politano’s cross floated over McTominay, but Noa Lang acrobatically hooked it back in from the by-line and the Napoli midfielder was ready to volley in from six yards for 2-2.

MCTOMINAY AGAIN 🔥
Mr Napoli finds his side an equaliser for the second time against Inter 💪
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Deep into stoppages, Mkhitaryan nearly restored Inter’s lead again, as his strike thumped the upright after Ange-Yoan Bonny’s shoulder barge. It is the first Serie A draw of the entire season for Inter.