Inter swept Hellas Verona aside in the opening half-hour with Nicolò Barella and Edin Dzeko goals, both on Ivan Perisic assists.
Lautaro Martinez was suspended, so Joaquin Correa stepped in, while Stefan de Vrij returned after a month out through injury. Antonin Barak and Miguel Veloso were still out of action.
Lorenzo Montipò used his legs to deny a Denzel Dumfries cross-shot at the near post, then was at full stretch with one hand to palm an Ivan Perisic low drive out of the far bottom corner.
Inter broke the deadlock when Daniel Bessa gave it away cheaply in midfield, Perisic burst down the left and his cross found Nicolò Barella for a volley at the back post into the roof of the net.
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Montipò prevented a second soon after, sticking out a leg to deny Joaquin Correa on a Barella through ball, then was at full stretch on an Edin Dzeko angled drive.
The third goal arrived from a Federico Dimarco corner, which Perisic flicked on for a Dzeko tap-in from a couple of yards.
Verona had their first big chance on 35 minutes, Giovanni Simeone completing a give and go to force Samir Handanovic into a save with his knee from point-blank range.
De Vrij went off at half-time with a thigh problem, while Dumfries hit the side-netting rather than pulling it back for Correa.
Federico Ceccherini blasted over from a very promising position, while Simeone fired straight at Handanovic and Kevin Lasagna’s long-range rocket flew just over the bar.
Hakan Calhanoglu drilled wide from distance, while substitute Danilo D’Ambrosio almost scored on 73 minutes when Montipò palmed his shot onto the upright.
Milan Skriniar made a decisive deflection to turn the Ivan Ilic effort just off target from the edge of the area.
Inter 2-0 Verona
Barella 22 (I), Dzeko 30 (I)
Serious pressure on Milan and Napoli now.
Only 5 points between 4 teams after Juve’s win.