Two of Serie A's most in-form sides nullified each other as Inter and Roma mustered up a goalless draw devoid of incident at San Siro.
Inter dropped points for just the third time this season as they played out a frustrating goalless draw with Roma in a forgettable Serie A encounter.
The build-up to the game was dominated by a controversial Corriere dello Sport headline in which the words 'Black Friday' were placed in between images of Inter striker Romelu Lukaku and Roma defender Chris Smalling, former Manchester United team-mates, with the publication's strident denial that their front page was racially insensitive merely drawing more criticism.