Inter Milan captain Mauro Icardi believes his side will bounce back and maintain their title challenge after suffering a first Serie A defeat to Udinese on Saturday.
Kevin Lasagna opened the scoring in the 14th minute before Icardi leveled the scoring a minute later as the two sides went into the break with the score at 1-1.
But a Rodrigo de Paul penalty after the hour-mark and a 77th-minute strike from towering midfielder Antonin Barak, inflicted the first league defeat this season for Inter after 17 games under manager Luciano Spalletti.
With the slip up from the Nerazzurri at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Napoli and Juventus moved ahead of Inter, into first and second respectively.
"It was a very weird game since we aren't used to losing," Icardi told Mediaset Premium. "We have been doing great things this year so this was a bit weird. We played a very good first half against Udinese as we shot close to 20 times I think.
"Even so, there is no excuse for our second-half performance. Udinese deserve credit as they came out very strong and we made a lot of mistakes too. We now can't say anything and we have to respond in the right way, right away.
"We have to keep on fighting hard. We now have to understand what we did wrong against Udinese so that we can try to fix it quickly. We have to be positive since this season has been very positive so far."
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