Roma lose to Juve in Serie A seven goal roller-coaster
Juventus scored three goals in seven second-half minutes to complete an astonishing comeback and beat AS Roma 4-3 on Sunday after goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny saved a late penalty.
Juventus scored three goals in seven second-half minutes to complete an astonishing comeback and beat AS Roma 4-3 on Sunday after goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny saved a late penalty to keep them in front at the Stadio Olimpico.
Tammy Abraham put hosts Roma in front before Paulo Dybala made it 1-1 going into the break.
Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Lorenzo Pellegrini put Roma in charge early in the second half.
⏰ 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 🤯#RomaJuve #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/Oojmle7kAF
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Juve fought back as Manuel Locatelli and Dejan Kulusevski scored within two minutes of each other and Mattia De Sciglio fired home a fourth on the 77th minute.
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Roma were awarded a penalty after Matthijs de Ligt was shown a second yellow for handball with nine minutes remaining, but Szczesny guessed the right way to save Pellegrini’s penalty in front of a stunned home crowd.
Juventus moved up to 38 points in fifth place, six points ahead of eighth-placed Roma
- 1 Rui Patrício
- Maitland-Niles
- 6 Smalling
- 5 Matias Viña
- 3 Ibañez
- 17 Veretout (77')
- 7 Lorenzo Pellegrini (86')
- 64 Felix Afena-Gyan (70')
- 77 Mkhitaryan
- 4 Cristante
- 9 Tammy Abraham
- Substitutes
- 63 Pietro Boer
- 11 Carles Perez (77')
- 14 Eldor Shomurodov (70')
- 19 Bryan Reynolds
- 8 Gonzalo Villar
- 21 Mayoral (86')
- 52 Edoardo Bove
- 24 Marash Kumbulla
- 67 Davide Mastrantonio
- 59 Nicola Zalewski
- 13 Riccardo Calafiori
- 1 Szczesny
- 2 Mattia De Sciglio
- 11 Cuadrado
- 4 Matthijs de Ligt
- 24 Daniele Rugani
- 14 Weston McKennie
- 22 Federico Chiesa (31')
- 27 Manuel Locatelli
- 30 Rodrigo Bentancur (63')
- 18 Kean (62')
- 10 Paulo Dybala (81')
- Substitutes
- 20 Bernardeschi
- 44 Dejan Kulusevski (31')
- 42 Zsombor Senko
- 21 Kaio Jorge
- 5 Arthur Melo (63')
- 17 Luca Pellegrini
- 38 Ake
- 25 Rabiot
- 3 Chiellini (81')
- 36 Perin
- 9 Morata (62')
Substitutions
Dejan Kulusevski (31', Federico Chiesa), Álvaro Morata (62', Moise Kean), Arthur (63', Rodrigo Bentancur), Eldor Shomurodov (70', Felix Afena-Gyan), Carles Pérez (77', Jordan Veretout), Giorgio Chiellini (81', Paulo Dybala), Borja Mayoral (86', Lorenzo Pellegrini)
Goals
1-0, 10': Tammy Abraham, 1-1, 17': Paulo Dybala, 2-1, 47': Mkhitaryan, 3-1, 52': Lorenzo Pellegrini, 3-2, 69': Manuel Locatelli, 3-3, 71': Dejan Kulusevski, 3-4, 76': Mattia De Sciglio
Cards
Referee: Davide Massa
VAR Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo, Pasquale De Meo
Cuadrado (47',Yellow) Veretout (49',Yellow) Ibañez (50',Yellow) Matthijs de Ligt (51',Yellow) Manuel Locatelli (64',Yellow) Cristante (75',Yellow) Matthijs de Ligt (80',Red)
