The 21st-minute opener was a free-kick that appeared to ricochet in off Lucio, although Felipe Melo claimed the goal.

Samuel Eto'o levelled five minutes later at Turin's Stadio Olimpico but a stunning Claudio Marchisio goal, when he skipped past Walter Samuel and lifted the ball beyond Julio Cesar, won the contest.

The home side even had Felipe Melo sent off in the closing stages of a dramatic match.

Inter's city rivals AC Milan are in second place in the standings, four points behind, after a 3-0 defeat of Sampdoria.

All the goals came in the first half, with Marco Borriello putting the Rossoneri ahead in the first minute of the match and Clarence Seedorf adding a second in the 21st minute.

Ronaldinho was in inspired form, creating the first two goals, and fellow Brazilian Alexandre Pato completed Milan's fifth straight win in the 23rd minute to pile the misery on the Blucerchiati.

(Soccerr365.com)