Mauro Icardi declared Inter's push for Champions League qualification to be back on after he and Ever Banega hit hat-tricks in a stunning 7-1 thrashing of Atalanta.
Icardi's treble came in a nine-minute first-half spell before a
quickfire brace from fellow Argentinian Banega ensured 1-0 in the 17th
minute became 5-0 after just 34 minutres.Inter smash seven past Atalanta
Remo Freuler pulled one back for Atalanta before the break but Roberto Gagliardini lashed into the top corner to compound his former club's misery and Banega clipped home a 67th-minute free-kick to complete the rout and his treble.
Inter lie five points behind third-placed Roma and six shy of Napoli in second, with the capital club visiting Palermo in Sunday's late kick-off.
"It was the best game of the season," a delighted Icardi told Inter's official website after moving to 20 Serie A goals for the campaign.
"Playing against a rival like Atalanta, who are doing so well, and to play a game like that was so beautiful.
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