Viktoria Plzen 0-2 Inter Milan: Goals from Edin Dzeko and Denzel Dumfries give visitors comfortable win

Inter got their first Champions League points of the season after easing to a comfortable win over Viktoria Plzen thanks to goals from Edin Dzeko and Denzel Dumfries. The first-half was one of few chances but those that did fall went to Inter, and the clearest was snaffled up by Dzeko on 20 minutes whose slide-rule finish into the far corner was the clear highlight of the opening period.

Ad After the break Simone Inzaghi's Inter resumed their dominance and playing against 10 men after the 61st-minute sending-off of Plzen's Pavel Bucha, they were able to get a clinching second goal twenty minutes from time through Dumfries' bobbled finish. Champions LeagueHow to watch Inter Milan v Bayern Munich in the Champions League06/09/2022 AT 15:29 Going into the game in the Czech Republic, Inter were a team who had struggled to find any real rhythm so far this term having lost to both Lazio and AC Milan in Serie A in recent weeks, whilst also being on the end of a convincing 2-0 loss to Bayern Munich in Champions League matchday one.

They were without Romelu Lukaku in Plzen, who continues to recover from injury, but did hand a debut to Francesco Acerbi, the centre-back who arrived on loan from Lazio at the start of September. And remarkably it was Acerbi who almost opened the scoring for Inter on 16 minutes, latching onto a loose ball from a set-piece but he could only direct it into the hands of Plzen keeper Jindrich Stanek.

Champions League Tables Champions League Results They didn't have to wait long to break the deadlock though, as a sweeping move saw Joaquin Correa tee up Dzeko, who rolled his effort beyond Stanek's despairing dive. It was a precise finish, but there was little of the same thereafter, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan