Inter are one foot into the finals ahead of Tuesday’s second leg of the biggest Milan derby of a generation thanks to early strikes from Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Simone Inzaghi’s side was deserving winners at the San Siro after creating the bulk of the opportunities and barely letting Milan have a sniff in front of the goal.

The winners of the tie will face holders Real Madrid or Manchester City in the June 10 showpiece in Istanbul. The first leg of that semi-final finished 1-1 in Spain on Tuesday.

Milan, who also struck the woodwork through Sandro Tonali, have their work cut out if they want to have a chance at being crowned European champions for the eighth time and will hope Rafael Leao is available for next week’s decisive clash.

The absence of Rafael Leao proved problematic for Milan as they lacked pace and creativity up front which allowed Inter to play more on the front foot knowing their opponents didn’t have the Portugal winger’s trickery in their armoury.