Ange-Yoan Bonny was involved in all four goals on his full debut as Inter Milan cruised to a 4-1 win against Cremonese at the San Siro to move joint-top of the Serie A table.
After losing two of their opening three league games of the season, a dominant performance on Saturday secured Inter a third successive league win.
Captain Lautaro Martinez opened the scoring after just six minutes with his 158th goal for the club, making him Inter’s joint-fifth highest scorer in history.
The Inter captain swept home Bonny’s low ball across the face of goal after both had beaten the Cremonese offside trap.
Cristian Chivu’s side wasted a host of chances – Inter took 15 shots in the first half while Cremonese only had one – before Bonny celebrated his first start for the club by heading a Federico Dimarco cross in at the near post.
Bonny – starting in place of injured forward Marcus Thuram – returned the favour in the 55th minute when he laid off Dimarco to smash a low strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area.
Two minutes later, the 21-year-old got his third assist of the day when he played Nicolo Barella through on goal, the midfielder finishing by lifting the ball over goalkeeper Marco Silvestri.
Jamie Vardy came off the bench for his second appearance since joining Cremonese as a free agent, before Federico Bonazzoli volleyed home Jari Vandeputte’s cross for a consolation.
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