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Florence will be, to nick a line from pop king Prince, partying like 1999 tonight. That's because Fiorentina are top of the Serie A table for the first time since the heady days of Gabriel Batistuta, Rui Costa and Francesco Toldo.

Indeed it is all over in the San Siro. A stunned silence from the Milan crowd, save for whoops of delight from the Fiorentina camp.

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Fiorentina substitute Matias Fernandez isn't finished yet - he wants a slice of the scoring pie. The Chilean wriggles into the Inter box but cannot pick out a white-shirted team-mate. And that should be about that.

Unfortunately for Inter, there are a further two minutes of pain to endure.

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Inter Milan have a brief touch of the ball, before Fiorentina quickly snaffle possession back. Heading towards injury-time - if the referee has a heart then he will blow up after 90 minutes.

Inter are barely having a kick as Fiorentina patiently run down the clock. Pass, pass, pass. Then La Viola spring forward, Marcos Alonso again bursting down the left. But the ex-Bolton man's drilled cross is cut out by the Inter defence.

Nikola Kalinic is still not content with his night's work. The Fiorentina hat-trick hero wriggles into space inside the right channel of the home box and his low cross-cum-shot is hacked clear by an Inter defender.

Rishi Verma: Inter's goal difference so far this season now close to being wiped out in one game. Astonishing.

Inter Milan's midfield will be glad to see the back of Milan Badelj's shirt. The Fiorentina midfielder has been excellent tonight and is given a breather by La Viola boss Paulo Sousa.

That's it. No goals, little entertainment and honours even. This one won't live long in the memory as the Basque derby ends all-square for the fourth successive fixture. Both sides climb a place in the table, La Real to 12th, Athletic to 17th.

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Nasty looking injury for Fiorentina defender Facundo Roncaglia. He is stretchered off and replaced by Gilberto Junior. Sorry sight in an otherwise brilliant night for the away side.

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Fiorentina substitute Nenad Tomovic has slotted in on the right flank where Jakub Blaszczykowski occupied, but any thoughts that he might sit a little deeper swiftly disappear. The Serbian gallops into some open space, cracking a low shot that Inter keeper Samir Handanovic easily collects.

Carlos Vela is denied in a huge goalmouth scramble as Athletic just about smuggle the ball to safety to escape as La Real push for a late winner.

Time for a Fiorentina change. Poland midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski, a summer signing from Dortmund, is replaced by defender Nenad Tomovic. La Viola shutting up shop.

Great build-up play from Real Sociedad, but it's not matched by the finish as Imanol Agirretxe sends a tame header straight at the keeper from an Xavi Prieto cross.

That Inter Milan goal came from absolutely nowhere. And it has allowed the San Siro fans to finally have something to shout about. However, Fiorentina are being sensible again, trying to kill off Inter by diligently keeping possession and ruining any momentum they might have. 

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Into the last 15 minutes, and unless someone goes against type in this tense encounter, it's going to be the first stalemate between these sides for 16 years.