SS Lazio grabbed all three points in Saturday's fixture against Spezia. Ciro Immobile, Felipe Anderson, and Marcos Antonio were all on target in a 3-0 win over struggling Spezia in Serie A on Friday, extending the club's unbeaten run to eight league games.
A fourth consecutive win saw Pedro Rodriguez’s team tighten their grip on the second spot. They are five points clear of AS Roma in third. The Spaniard played the final stage of the game after replacing Ciro Immobile (69’).
Spezia could have shocked the visitors by taking an early lead through midfielder Mehdi Bourabia, whose close-range effort hit the bar inside the opening two minutes.
But Lazio made the frist blood in the 36th minute with a coolly-taken spot-kick by Immobile, who sent Bartlomiej Dragowski the wrong way after a foul on Anderson by Ethan Ampadu.
Lazio looked determined to score again before half-time but Immobile and Anderson missed from close range and a shot from the edge of the box by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic was saved by Dragowski.
Sarri's side, however, did double their advantage seven minutes into the second half through a low shot by Anderson. Antonio eventually wrapped up a comfortable win in the 89th with his first goal for Lazio less than 10 minutes after coming on.
- Match stats:
SPEZIA (4-3-3): Dragowski; Amian, Ampadu, Nikolaou (62' Reca), Wisniewski; Bourabia (62' Agudelo), Ekdal, Esposito; Verde (76' Shomurodov), Nzola, Gyasi (62' Maldini).
SS LAZIO (4-3-3): Provedel; Marusic, Patric, Romagnoli, Hysaj; Milinkovic, Cataldi (80' Marcos Antonio), Luis Alberto; Felipe Anderson, Immobile (69' Pedro), Zaccagni (88' Cancellieri).
Bookings: Massimiliano Irrati (sez. di Pistoia) amonestó a Gyasi (31'), Ampadu, Cataldi (72'), Marcos Antonio (81'), Romagnoli (83'), Cancellieri (89').
Sent-off: Ampadu (34'-84').
Goals: Immobile (35', P), Felipe Anderson (53'), Marcos Antonio (89').
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