Inter Milan beat Lazio 2-0 at the San Siro to go top of Serie A.
Captain Lautaro Martínez fired the Nerazzurri into an early lead with Ange-Yoan Bonny slotting in a second just after the hour.
Cristian Chivu’s side head into the international break ahead of second-placed Roma on goal difference following a third-straight league win.
Inter swept into a third-minute lead when Alessandro Bastoni won the ball off Gustav Isaksen on the left and fed Martinez, who lashed the ball into the top far corner past a stunned Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel.
The Nerazzurri were close to doubling their lead in the 25th minute when Nicolò Barella floated the ball to the far post and Petar Sucic clipped a low volley just wide.
It remained one-way traffic in the second half, with Martinez firing over before Inter doubled their lead following a sweeping move.
Carlos Augusto sent Martinez away down the left and the captain laid the ball off for Federico Dimarco, who in turn clipped a low pass across the six-yard box, which Bonny knocked in at the far post.
Inter thought they had soon scored a third with an 18-yard strike from Piotr Zielinski, but the goal was ruled out following a VAR review for a handball by Dimarco in the build-up.
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Following their reprieve, Lazio finally sparked into life.
Pedro flashed a shot just far wide before substitute Oliver Provstgaard’s header bounced back down off the underside of the crossbar and into the arms of Inter keeper Yann Sommer, who had just stopped the ball from going over the line.
Sommer then saved a late effort from Luca Pellegrini as Inter closed out another impressive win.
