Inter coach Rafael Benitez blamed bad luck after his Serie A champions slumped to a 1-1 draw against Lecce on Wednesday.

It was the second draw in a row against a newly-promoted side for the goal shy Nerazzurri and before that they were well beaten by Tottenham in the Champions League.

Benitez’s side slumped to fourth in the table ahead of Sunday’s city derby against new leaders Milan.

What has been remarkable this season has been Inter’s failures in front of goal with just 13 successful strikes in 11 league games.

They have also drawn five of those matches.

At this stage last season Jose Mourinho’s Inter had eight more points, had scored more than double the number of goals (28) and were well clear at the top of Serie A.

But former Liverpool boss Benitez refuses to accept he is to blame for their drop in form.

“If we were lacking intensity it’s everyone’s responsibility, those on the pitch and those who work off it,” he said as way of explanation for their limp performance against Lecce.

“I’m not making comparisons with last season, every season is a different race.

“We lacked luck and I hope we’ll get that at other times. Last season we were scoring from certain chances (that we’re missing now).

“But we’ll do well in the derby and rebound from there.”

Argentina forward Diego Milito seemed to have snatched the points for Inter with only his third goal of the season on 74 minutes but Uruguayan Ruben Olivera equalised three minutes later.