Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte says the title race is on after their 2-1 defeat of Sampdoria.

Inter are now six points behind leaders Juventus.

“This evening, we had no choice but to get the victory so we could close the gap to six points," said Conte in his press conference.

“We fuel the hope that we can achieve something extraordinary. It's true that we could've sealed it earlier by making more of our chances, but instead we conceded at the first Samp attempt and got a little anxious. It was a good performance, anyway.

“I repeat, it's not a fitness issue, but when we have scoring opportunities and do not take them, which also happened in the Coppa Italia with Napoli, all it takes is one lucky ricochet and it's all up for grabs again.

“I hope these games will help us realise we must kill – in a sporting sense – the opponent and kill the game when we have the chance."