Inter drop points at Fiorentina after late Ndour leveller

[p]A team that once proudly sat alongside [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter/Iw7eKK25/"]Inter[/a] as one of Serie A’s ‘Seven Sisters’ in the Italian top flight’s highly esteemed 1990s, Fiorentina made the worst-possible start here against the runaway leaders.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/esposito-francesco/dKXxEOKj/"]Pio Esposito[/a] took the early initiative when he fired Inter ahead with a superb glancing header from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barella-nicolo/W0yrjzz2/"]Nicolo Barella[/a]’s cross inside the opening minute, before Barella then had a deflected effort ruled out for offside, with La Viola seemingly sleepwalking their way to a heavy defeat.[/b][/p][p]However, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vanoli-paolo/AB3WB3pA/"]Paolo Vanoli[/a]’s side gradually grew into the game and had several opportunities to restore parity in a lively first half.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kean-moise/QPclX9Uq/"]Moise Kean[/a] was agonisingly close to sliding home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brescianini-marco/lt87Q6nj/"]Marco Brescianini[/a]’s cross at the far post, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gudmundsson-albert/bHCOu1Tl/"]Albert Guðmundsson[/a] failed to make a decent connection with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dodo/6qJwoGCI/"]Dodo[/a]’s enticing delivery, as the ball bounced off the Iceland international’s shoulder before going behind. Kean then had a goal chalked for offside, in a late first-half rally which would have given the hosts reason for optimism heading into the break.[/p][image alt="Fiorentina - Inter match momentum" id="4b94dc08-adec-42fe-8d4d-5930689909d2" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="7505d2f4-52d8-454f-b885-dfa21b544897" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]Fiorentina struggled to continue with the same intensity after the break, with Inter spurning two chances to double their lead, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/akanji-manuel/UJm2XpLH/"]Manuel Akanji[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thuram-marcus/hMMX02Fm/"]Marcus Thuram[/a] both missed the target from corner deliveries.[/p][p][b]But just like the first half, Fiorentina rallied as the half wore on and got their reward with a 77th-minute equaliser, when Cher Ndour reacted quickest on the rebound to fire home from close range, after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sommer-yann/4zA5n1UG/"]Yann Sommer[/a] could only parry Gudmundsson’s angled attempt into the midfielder’s path.[/b][/p][p]All the momentum had swayed in La Viola’s favour, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harrison-jack/A1JAbIMG/"]Jack Harrison[/a] went inches away from a second, curling a left-footed strike just past the far post.[/p][p]Ultimately, though, the spoils were shared, continuing Fiorentina’s recent – and very timely – revival. La Viola are now unbeaten in their last five games across all competitions (W3, D2), but nobody will be getting too carried away considering their precarious position in 16th - just two points clear of the bottom three.[/p][p]Meanwhile, Inter missed the chance to re-establish their eight-point lead at the top, and hold a six-point advantage over city rivals [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ac-milan/8Sa8HInO/"]AC Milan[/a] at the summit.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ndour-cher/8QRFNbb8/"]Cher Ndour[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fiorentina/Q3A3IbXH/"]Fiorentina[/a])[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/fiorentina-Q3A3IbXH/inter-Iw7eKK25/?mid=2u5kCylf"]Check out all the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/p]