( CNN ) -- Inter Milan moved into third place in Italy 's Serie A after inflicting yet more misery on bottom-placed Bari with a 3-0 win . Late goals from Houssine Kharja , Giampaolo Pazzini and Wesley Sneijder sealed three points for the Nerazzurri , who are now seven points behind city rivals and league leaders AC Milan with a game in hand . It was their fifth win in the last six games since former AC Milan coach Leonardo took over from Rafael Benitez . The only stain on a good night for Inter was a punch thrown by Romanian defender Christian Chivu at opponent Marco Rossi . The officials missed the incident but Chivu may be retrospectively punished . A poor playing surface gave rise to a scrappy first half of few chances . Bari did threaten through Sergio Almiron and Simone Bentivoglio before Inter 's Brazilian defender Maicon flashed a shot wide of the post for the defending champions . The home side again went close in the early stages of the second half when Alessandro Parisi forced Julio Cesar into a save . But with 20 minutes to go Inter made the breakthrough as Kharja , from Morocco , swapped passes with Samuel Eto ' o before firing low into the net . With Bari desperately seeking an equalizer Inter added two more goals late on . First Pazzini scored his third goal in two games since his $ 16m move from Sampdoria -- his shot squirmed under Bari goalkeeper Jean Francois Gillet in injury time . Then Dutch international Sneijder rounded off the scoring , finishing from close range after Kharja 's lay-off .
Inter Milan win 3-0 away at Bari to move second in Serie A. Houssine Kharja , Giampaolo Pazzini and Wesley Sneijder all scored . Inter are now third , seven points behind leaders AC Milan .