MILAN (AP) — Marcus Thuram and Mateo Retegui scored hat tricks to help their clubs to significant wins in Serie A on Saturday. Thuram netted all three of Inter Milan’s goals in the defending champion’s 3-2 win over 10-man Torino while Retegui helped Atalanta beat his former club Genoa 5-1. Inter moved to second on the table, two points behind Napoli after Antonio Conte’s team beat Como 3-1 on Friday.
Just one point separated Inter and Torino coming into the match but the visitor's chances of getting something at San Siro diminished in the 20th minute when defender Guillermo Maripán was shown a straight red card for a dangerous tackle on Thuram. Inter led five minutes later when Thuram headed Alessandro Bastoni’s cross in off the inside of the left post. Thuram doubled his and Inter’s tally in the 35th with another towering header, this time from a cross by Francesco Acerbi, but Duván Zapata reduced the deficit almost immediately.
Thuram completed his first hat trick for Inter on the hour mark. Torino goalkeeper Vanja Milinković-Savić could only parry a header from Lautaro Martínez and Thuram managed to bundle home the rebound despite being off balance. Thuram was given a standing ovation when he was substituted off eight minutes later.
However, there was a nervy finale for Inter after Nikola Vlasic netted a penalty for Torino with three minutes remaining following a foul from Hakan Çalhanoğlu on Adam Masina. Retegui didn't celebrate his three goals i.