Inter sunk by fourth straight defeat as table slump deepens

Inter lost again. The 3-4 reverse against Club Brugge on Tuesday 13 October was the club's 4L run of defeats, and it leaves them bottom of the UEFA Champions League standings with 0 points from 2 matches.

The numbers are ugly in every direction. Inter have scored 4 and conceded 6, a goal difference of -2. Their record reads 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses. At home the picture is worse still: 3 defeats from 3 matches, with 0 wins and 0 draws. Only away from home have they taken anything, 1 win against 2 losses.

The form line is a single W followed by four straight L results. That opening win now looks like a different team.

What makes the collapse harder to explain is the opposition. Nicolo Tresoldi has 4 goals for Club Brugge, level at the top of the scoring charts with Erling Haaland of Man City, Sehrou Guirassy of Dortmund and Ermedin Demirovic of Stuttgart. Inter have not faced a schedule loaded with the competition's best — they have simply lost the games in front of them.

Next comes Shaktar at home on Wednesday 21 October, the third matchday. Another defeat would make it 4 in a row and leave the table looking even bleaker. A win would at least stop the count.

For context, the top of the table is doing what Inter cannot. PSG lead on 9 points with a goal difference of +9, ahead of Liverpool on 9 and +5. Stuttgart sit third on 7, with Aston Villa and Barça behind them. Those sides are converting their chances. Inter are not.

Four losses is not a blip. It is a pattern, and the fixture list offers no easy exit.