Inter Milan dropped points in Serie A for the first time in more than two months as Atalanta held the league leaders to an entertaining 0-0 draw on Sunday to end their eight-match winning run.

Atalanta goalkeeper Juan Musso produced a spectacular save in the first half, before his Inter counterpart Samir Handanovic responded with two crucial interventions of his own after the break.

There were chances aplenty in a battle between two of the division’s most attacking sides, but neither team could find the breakthrough despite producing a combined 23 shots.

“It’s a good draw given how it went. It could have gone either way. It was the right result, it’s never easy against Atalanta,” Inter captain Handanovic told DAZN.

It was the first time since last January that Inter failed to find the net, a run of 39 league matches. The champions extended their unbeaten league run to 13 matches.

“It is a great result for us, because Inter usually dominate,” said Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini. “There were some moments that were in our favour and some not. Both teams wanted to win and that made it a great game.”

The hosts missed several players through injury and Covid-19, and faced an Inter team in buoyant form after their imperious league run and midweek Italian Super Cup victory over Juventus.

Sergio Oliveira scored a penalty on his AS Roma debut as Jose Mourinho’s side ended a three-match winless run by beating relegation battling Cagliari 1-0.

Portuguese midfielder Oliveira, who joined the capital club on loan from Porto on Wednesday, calmly converted a spot kick in the 32nd minute following a Dalbert handball.