Nashville SC dominate Inter Miami in MLS as Lionel Messi misses penalty

[p]England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/surridge-sam/AN61tMjm/"]Sam Surridge[/a] and Germany's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mukhtar-hany/4G68jNi8/"]Hany Mukhtar[/a] scored second-half goals for the hosts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/inter-miami-0AheRyBg/nashville-sc-84yIDQMe/?mid=ADYWEicR"]in a showdown[/a] between the Major League Soccer overall leaders.[/p][p]Argentina and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter-miami/0AheRyBg/"]Miami[/a] captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/messi-lionel/vgOOdZbd/"]Messi[/a] was denied from the penalty spot in the first half and issued a yellow card in the 59th minute but also assisted Inter's lone goal.[/p][p]Messi struck both posts in second-half stoppage time.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nashville-sc/84yIDQMe/"]Nashville[/a] leads MLS with 43 points and a record of 13-4-2 while Inter Miami are second on 38 points.[/p][p]Nashville had already knocked Miami out of this year's CONCACAF Champions Cup in the round of 16.[/p][p]Defending MLS champion Miami, which had been a league-best 8-1-1 on the road, saw a seven-match undefeated MLS run snapped as Nashville remained unbeaten at home in the MLS campaign.[/p][embed guid="e7e2073d-b38d-4af2-9519-212a4bb9771a" url="https://x.com/MLS/status/2088824013556478373?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Honduran defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/najar-andy/ERRqJxjO/"]Andy Najar[/a] scored with a header in the 17th minute to give Nashville a 1-0 lead.[/p][p]Miami had a chance to equalize with a Messi penalty kick in the 23rd minute but Nashville goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schwake-brian/fDbFeqY3/"]Brian Schwake[/a] saved his weak effort.[/p][p]Messi's record from the penalty spot is poor by his sky-high standards, including missing twice at the World Cup.[/p][p]The visitors netted the equalizer three minutes into first-half stoppage time when Venezuelan [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/segovia-telasco/MiX2hxf7/"]Telasco Segovia[/a] blasted in a right-footed shot off an assist by Messi.[/p][p]Mukhtar, the 2022 MLS Most Valuable Player, put Nashville back in front in the 49th minute.[/p][p]Surridge gave Nashville a 3-1 lead and Mukhtar added his second in the 63rd for extra insurance as the hosts pulled away.[/p]