Inter striker Lautaro Martinez feels frustrated hearing criticisms of his coach Simone Inzaghi in the media given that it’s ultimately the players who are responsible for the team’s slump in form at the start of the season.

Speaking to Italian broadcaster Rai Radio, the 25-year-old responded to some recent suggestions regarding the coach’s suitability to lead the team, making clear that he feels that the responsibility must be chiefly on the players.

A 1-0 Serie A win over Torino over the weekend was hardly enough to dispel talk of an Inter team in crisis, with their losses of Lazio, AC Milan, and Bayern Munich in the first month of the campaign laying bare some of the issues within the team.

The coach has taken a lot of the blame for this in the reaction among the media and fans, given that he is responsible for tactical approach and player selection, but for his part Martinez thinks that it’s the players who should stand up and face scrutiny when the team aren’t doing well.

Asked about the criticisms of Inzaghi, the Argentine said that “It’s annoying for us hearing those things, it’s us who go out on to the pitch and make decisions. He decides who plays, but then it’s us players who are on the pitch.”