Overview
- Inter beat Champions League debutants Kairat Almaty 2-1 at San Siro to extend their perfect start in the league phase to four wins.
- Cristian Chivu accepted responsibility for the underwhelming performance and criticized his team's decision-making and game management.
- Captain Lautaro Martinez scored on 45 minutes and was replaced at half-time as part of a pre-planned effort to manage his workload.
- Kairat equalised through Ofri Arad before Carlos Augusto restored Inter's lead with a low strike from distance.
- The result delivered Inter's first-ever run of four opening Champions League wins and marked their first goal conceded in this season's competition.