The last two unbeaten sides both lost as Serie A returned with subplots and shocks everywhere
![Spalletti not the only one floored after weekend of dizzying drama in Serie A | Nicky Bandini](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/851e2ec7bc4657c2f3f7f21acdf4f8b2e4b0c11a/0_69_3072_1844/master/3072.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=b03c71487d72dcbc79e98736c98a8b8c)
If one image could sum up Serie A’s return from the international break then it was Luciano Spalletti, 62 years old, throwing himself face-first down on to the San Siro turf. The Napoli manager had nothing left, his emotions spent after seeing Dries Mertens flash a volley over the bar from six yards out in the 97th minute of his team’s game at Inter.
Spalletti was floored, and so were the rest of us, on a weekend of dizzying drama. Two days in which the last two undefeated sides in Italy’s top league – in all of Europe’s top leagues – scored five goals between them but lost. A round of matches so eventful that José Mourinho having his bacon saved by a spectacular cameo from a teenager was relegated to a footnote.