Inter Milan sporting director Piero Ausilio says the cannot blame match officials for their form slide.

Inter boss Roberto Mancini criticised referee Antonio Damato after Sunday's 3-0 defeat to AC Milan.

“We're not victims," Ausilio said.

“We said what had to be said. We had some feelings and we showed them. We don't think it's the fault of the referees, we have responsibility too.

“It would be simplistic to attack referees, we want to start again from tomorrow."