Italian Serie A: Inter held as title rivals flounder

ROME: Italian league leaders Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 draw at Atalanta on Sunday that prevented them from fully capitalizing on slip-ups by their main title rivals Juventus and AC Milan.

Inter, the four-time defending champions, were looking to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat at Juventus last weekend and they took a 15th-minute lead when their 10-goal top scorer Diego Milito (pictured) outfoxed three defenders to score.

Jose Mourinho's side was made to toil in the second period following the 65th-minute dismissal of midfielder Wesley Sneijder for two bookable offenses and it allowed Atalanta to snatch a point through substitute Simone Tiribocchi with nine minutes to play.