Matteo Guendouzi and Nuno Tavares of Lazio (Photograph by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Photos)
Lazio acquired again on observe by beating shock Serie A leaders Torino in a 3-2 thriller with Matteo Guendouzi, Boulaye Dia and Tijjani Noslin on the right track.
The Granata went into this weekend as the highest crew in Italy, nonetheless unbeaten with three wins and two attracts, regardless of a midweek Coppa Italia elimination by Empoli. Zanos Savva and Perr Schuurs had been out of motion, with Vanja Milinkovic-Savic pulling out within the warm-up. The Aquile missed Samuel Gigot with Patric solely match for the bench after the midweek Europa League win over Dynamo Kyiv.
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Lazio took the early lead when Nuno Tavares burst down the left and pulled again from the by-line for Matteo Guendouzi to drill by a sea of legs from simply contained in the penalty space. It was the fourth help in as many Serie A video games for the ex-Arsenal left-back.
Toro got here shut on the stroke of half-time, as Ivan Provedel flew to palm away the Ivan Ilic half-volley on a knocked-down cross, then additionally smothered Duvan Zapata’s follow-up header.
Che Adams got here on so as to add further attacking potential, however Paleari needed to make two huge saves right away on the Taty Castellanos scorcher and Alessio Romagnoli from point-blank vary on the ensuing nook.
Tonny Sanabria risked greater than a yellow card for a careless two-footed sort out on Guendouzi, saved solely by getting the ball first, and Adams examined Provedel from distance.
Nevertheless, Lazio doubled their lead when Gustav Isaksen pulled again from the suitable and Mattia Zaccagni left it for Boulaye Dia to comb dwelling from 12 yards.
Nikola Vlasic acquired his first look of the season after harm points, whereas Paleari stored Torino within the sport with one other save one-on-one as Castellanos sprung the offside entice from Guendouzi’s by ball.
Torino did lastly get again into it with Che Adams scoring his third objective in as many video games, as Ilic and Vlasic mixed down the left to arrange his management and snooker shot end from the sting of the field.
Granata coach Paolo Vanoli was despatched off for dissent and Adams fired one other try simply over, however Tijjani Noslin scored inside 30 seconds of coming off the bench. He unfold it down the left and was prepared to fulfill the Matias Vecino help from shut vary.
It nonetheless wasn’t over, as moments later Adam Masina knocked down a free kick for the acrobatic Saul Coco volley from 15 yards, which looped over a helpless Provedel. Nevertheless, Torino fell to their first Serie A defeat.
Torino 2-3 Lazio
Guendouzi 8 (L), Dia 60 (L), Adams 67 (T), Noslin 89 (L), Coco 92 (T)
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