Lautaro Martinez, stimulated by scoring in Inter's Champions League victory in Feyenoord, thought he had caught a 24th minute opener in the battle between top and at the bottom of the Serie A.
The Argentinian saw his first effort kept out of Stefano Turati before bringing home the subsequent rebound to the joy of home support, only for their joy to turn to frustration when the effort was abolished for handball after a VAR review.
Monza finally benefited fully from that delay and took a surprising lead through Samuele Birindelli just after the hour.
The Full-Back quietly passed the ball past Josep Martinez after he was sent on by goal by Dany Mota's beautiful film.
Things soon became worse in front of Simone Inzaghi when Keita Baldaed a stunning attempt to double the lead of Monza, cut in from the left flank before he curled an unstoppinable strike from Martinez's reach.
The title Hoopvol, however, showed a great character to produce a quick reaction before the break, with Marko Arnautovic layer bent down to start from the Knockdown of Denzel Dumfries, giving the hosts a crucial foot on the ground for the second period.
Despite the withdrawal of a goal at the tranquility of peace, Inzaghi chose to make a double change during the break, introducing Yann Bisseck and former Monza man Carlos Augusto.
As it proved, Bisseck had a hand in the crucial level of Inter and put the ball away for Hakan Calhanoglu to drill a low shot along Turati to register his 50th Serie A goal.
Augusto then justified his semi -arranging and sent a dangerous cross to the rear pole where Giorgos Kyriakopoulos derived the call goal under immense pressure from Martinez.
Turati did his utmost to keep the ball out, but Goalline technology confirmed that his efforts were in vain and the hosts handed over the crucial winner to claim a fourth consecutive home of the home competition.
While Inter has risen the pressure on title rivals Napoli and Atalanta, the side of Alessandro Nesta's remain rooted to the bottom of the table and 10 points on drift of safety.
Flash score Man of the match: Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan)
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