Inter midfielder Andy Diouf added to his assist tally on Monday night as Cristian Chivu's side came from 2-0 down to beat Udinese 5-3 at home, extending the Nerazzurri's perfect start to the 2026-27 Serie A season to four wins from four.
The result matters beyond the three points. Inter sit second in the table on 12 points, and the manner of the victory — a comeback from two goals down for the second consecutive Serie A match — signals a resilience that Chivu himself acknowledged, while also noting that "nobody's perfect." For a 23-year-old midfielder still building his Serie A profile, operating inside a team that can absorb early deficits and still find a way to win is an environment that accelerates development.
Diouf now carries three assists from three Serie A appearances this season, with an average rating of 7.03. He has yet to score, but his output in the creative column is the more telling number at this stage. Inter's attack has produced 13 goals across four matches, and Diouf's fingerprints are on a meaningful share of that output.
His AI overall of 75 out of 100, with a potential of 82, places him in the bracket of players whose ceiling is meaningfully above their current level — the kind of profile that makes a run of form like this one worth watching carefully rather than discounting as a small-sample fluke.
Chivu's post-match comments pointed toward the intensity of the performance as something necessary, even if the defensive lapses that allowed Udinese to go 2-0 up remain a concern. For Diouf, the chaos of an eight-goal game is its own kind of examination: midfielders who maintain their creative output through scoreline swings and tactical adjustments are demonstrating something that a quiet 1-0 win cannot reveal.
Four matches in, Inter's unbeaten record is intact and Diouf's consistency within it is the quiet thread running through the Nerazzurri's early-season story.