Inter Milan coach Leonardo was not too downhearted after the five-time defending Serie A champions crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Udinese last night.

The loss was Leonardo's first since his appointment as coach. "It can happen," Leonardo said on the club's official website, www.inter.it. "I don't see it as a huge problem. "It doesn't change my way of thinking or our journey for that matter. "The road is still long and we will fight until the end." Inter had taken a 16th-minute lead through Dejan Stankovic before goals from Cristian Zapata, Antonio Di Natale and Maurizio Domizzi gave them victory.