Inter Milan boss Simone Inzaghi was left fuming at one former Manchester United star during his side's draw with Manchester City. <br /><br />The Italian champions opened their Champions League campaign with a 0-0 stalemate against Pep Guardiola's side in a repeat of the 2023 final. <br /><br />It was a resolute performance from Inter, who sat back and soaked up pressure to hit City on the counterattack. <br /><br />Their game plan almost came to fruition when right-back Matteo Darmian was put through on goal by Mehdi Taremi seven minutes into the second half. <br /><br />However, instead of taking a shot at goal, the defender bizarrely attempted to backheel the ball to Nicolo Barella, who lost his footing before City cleared their lines. <br /><br />And Inzaghi was left livid as he ran out of his technical area to scream and wave his arms around in frustration. <br /><br />Joleon Lescott, who was on punditry duty for TNT Sports, slammed Darmian's decision-making. <br /><br />The former City defender said: 'This is a strange decision, even if it was a successful one that went to a team-mate. <br /><br />'You would be questioning why you didn’t take the shot on. You can understand the frustration of the manager. It was a clear opportunity on goal.'<br /><br />Rio Ferdinand added: 'That was a right back in a goalscoring position, no understanding of where his touch should go, the quality. It was HD at one moment and then went blurry.'<br /><br />Darmian was eventually substituted in the 75th minute, with Denzel Dumfries taking his place at right-back. <br /><br />Darmian played for United between 2015 and 2019, scoring one goal in 92 appearances across all competitions in that period. <br /><br />He joined Parma in 2019 and a year later moved to Inter where he has won two Scudettos and two Coppa Italia titles.
