Champions Inter scored two late goals to stun rock-bottom Siena 4-3 at the San Siro on Saturday to open up an 11-point lead at the top of Serie A.
Inter looked to be heading for their first home defeat under Jose Mourinho as they trailed 3-2 with just two minutes remaining.
But playmaker Wesley Sneijder curled home his second free-kick of the game and then three minutes into injury-time Walter Samuel scored the winner.
Mourinho admitted that it was rough luck on the Siena.
The Portuguese boss, who has not lost a home match since 2002 with three different clubs, said that his team had been lucky, particularly with their equalizer from a free-kick.
“Absolutely 100 percent it wasn’t foul but Wesley hit a great shot,” he said.
“Siena were better than us, they really were. They played with more serenity, they were more mobile, faster, more dangerous,” Mourinho said.
“We won thanks to luck and our great character. This is a team that never believes it’s beaten,” he said. “We had the courage at 3-3 not to settle but to risk everything and we won.”
Siena gave a good account of themselves from the off and stunned their hosts on 18 minutes as Massimo Maccarone ran unchallenged from the halfway line before smacking a 30m screamer past Julio Cesar.
Inter’s response was rapid, though, as Diego Milito equalized after running onto Sneijder’s long ball, cutting inside and curling the ball around Curci.
Full normality seemed to have been restored on 36 minutes when Sneijder scored his first free-kick from 20m but 60 seconds later Siena equalized.
Reginaldo turned Inter’s Javier Zanetti on the right and his cross was missed by all until Albin Ekdal arrived at the back post to slip the ball under Julio Cesar.
A shock was then truly on the cards 20 minutes into the second half as Maccarone bagged his second as he beat Julio Cesar at the near post.
But two minutes from the end Sneijder hit a 25m special and then substitute Samuel turned on the edge of the box to shoot left footed in off the far post.
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