An extremely early goal changed it all on the second Rome Derby of the season. In the first Serie A contest between the city rivals, Lazio displayed a superb performance to grab a valuable win (3-2). But things went on a very different way in their second face-to-face. Former Pedro's teammate at Chelsea FC Tammy Abraham scored a brace in the first 22 minutes, and Pellegrini made it 3-0 from a set-piece just before the break.
In the second half, Lazio took a step forward and gained possession, but despite the efforts of Maurizio Sarri's men they could not find the way to close the gap and the 3-0 was the final result on Sunday's Derbi Della Capitale.
- Match stats:
AS Roma: Rui Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Karsdorp, Cristante, Sergio Oliveira (81' Veretout), Zalewski (74' Vina); Pellegrini (86' Bove), Mkhitaryan; Abraham.
SS Lazio: Strakosha; Hysaj (52' Lazzari), Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, Marusic; Milinkovic, Leiva (65' Cataldi), Luis Alberto; Felipe Anderson (65' Romero), Immobile, Pedro.
Goals: 1-0 y 2-0 Abraham (1' y 22'), 3-0 Pellegrini (40').
Bookings: Massimiliano Irrati (sez. Pistoia) booked Pedro (43'), Patric (43'), Karsdorp (48'), Mancini (53'), Leiva (61'), Zalewski (73') and Oliveira (78').
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