Fan favourite Tammy Abraham scored two objectives as Roma swept apart Lazio 3-0 within the capital derby in Serie A on Sunday.
That took Abraham’s tally to fifteen within the league this season and 9 because the begin of January. In 2022, solely Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski has scored extra objectives than the England worldwide in Europe’s prime 5 leagues.
Roma had its first purpose with lower than a minute on the clock and was 3-0 up at halftime in a dominant efficiency from Jose Mourinho’s aspect.
Mourinho stated Abraham had proven what he was able to.
“When you all said that Abraham is fantastic I did not agree, because I know the potential he has and I know that he is capable of what he did today,” Mourinho stated.
“And I’m not simply speaking in regards to the two objectives, however I’m speaking about how he performed, how he pressed, how he gained the ball again.
“I demand a lot of Tammy because I know his potential. Today is what Tammy is capable of and he needs to keep playing like this… he needs to have the attitude he showed today in every game.”
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Roma leapfrogged above Lazio into sixth, stage on factors with fifth-place Atalanta however eight factors beneath the highest 4.
Lazio gained the opening derby this season however Roma bought off to the right begin this time. After simply 56 seconds, Lorenzo Pellegrini’s inswinging nook hit the crossbar and rebounded in off Abraham’s thigh.
Abraham doubled his tally within the twenty second when he acrobatically turned in Rick Karsdorp’s cross into an empty internet with Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha stranded at his left put up.
Roma’s third purpose was a stunner as Pellegrini curled a free kick into the highest proper nook from almost 30 yards out to all however wrap up the factors with 5 minutes remaining till the break.
Lazio was fortunate to not go in even additional behind as Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s effort bounced off the crossbar.
DUSAN DELIGHT
Dusan Vlahovic arrange one purpose and scored one other as Juventus eased to a 2-0 win over backside membership Salernitana to maneuver inside some extent of defending champion Inter Milan.
Paulo Dybala marked his return to the beginning lineup following harm by scoring the opener as fourth-place Juventus closed in on the highest three, though Massimiliano Allegri’s aspect continues to be seven factors behind Serie A pacesetter AC Milan.
Juventus performs third-place Inter _ the membership that ended its run of 9 straight Serie A titles _ after the worldwide break. The end result will assuage Juve’s disappointment at going out of the Champions League towards Villarreal midweek.
Salernitana remained 9 factors from security.
REFUGEE SCORES
Teenager Moustapha Cisse scored on his Serie A debut to assist Atalanta to a 1-0 win at Bologna, lower than a month after taking part in within the eighth tier of Italian soccer.
The 18-year-old Cisse was found whereas taking part in for ASD Rinascita Refugees _ a group made up completely of international gamers who’re looking for asylum in Italy.
Cisse, a refugee from Guinea, got here on within the sixty fifth minute in Bologna and scored the one purpose of the sport eight minutes from time.
MISTAKES
Two first-half errors gifted Francesco Caputo two objectives as Venezia misplaced 2-0 in a relegation battle towards Sampdoria.
The first got here within the twenty fourth minute when Venezia goalkeeper Niki Maenpaa took too many touches in his personal penalty space and Abdelhamid Sabiri stole the ball off him, permitting Caputo to deposit into an empty internet.
It was the fault of Venezia midfielder Luca Fiordilino 14 minutes later as he misplaced the ball simply to Sabiri. Maenpaa might solely parry Stefano Sensi’s strike and Caputo tapped within the rebound.
Venezia remained three factors from security whereas Sampdoria climbed seven factors above the underside three.
Hellas Verona drew 1-1 at Empoli after striker Giovanni Simeone failed twice with the identical penalty. His first try was saved by Empoli goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario however needed to be retaken following an encroachment. Simeone smashed his second effort off the upright.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
