Inter midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu put his team ahead early on in yesterday evening’s Milan derby, leaving no doubt about his allegiances after he won and then dispatched a penalty against his former side.

In the end, the Rossoneri were able to equalize through a Stefan de Vrij own goal, but the Turk will have been proud of his display and with the composure he showed to get on the scoresheet on his first match against the Rossoneri after leaving them in the summer, something which football statistics account Opta pointed out only three other players have done before.

Their post reads, “4 – Players able to score in their first Serie A Milan’s derby after have played the previous one with the opponent team in the three points for a win era (dal 94/95) Crespo (2006) Ronaldo (2007) Ibrahimovic (2010) #Calhanoglu (2021) Ex. #MilanInter“