Christian Eriksen and Achraf Hakimi scored in the second half as Inter beat Crotone 2-0 to move to the brink of the Serie A title on Saturday.

Antonio Conte’s side are 14 points ahead of second-placed Atalanta and can claim their first Scudetto since 2010 if the Bergamo side fail to win at Sassuolo on Sunday.

Dane Eriksen came on as a substitute in the 65th minute and scored four minutes later, firing home a shot which took a deflection off Crotone defender Lisandro Magallan, from Romelu Lukaku’s lay-off.

Lukaku had a goal ruled out before Hakimi struck a second in injury time.

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