- Javier Pastore - 2'
- Alessandro Florenzi - 60'
- Kostas Manolas - 82'
- Timothy Castagne - 19'
- Emiliano Rigoni - 22', 38'
Kostas Manolas goal completes comeback in Roma draw against Atalanta
ROME -- Comeback specialist Kostas Manolas scored the equaliser for Roma in a 3-3 draw with Atalanta in Serie A on Monday.
Eight minutes from time, in Roma's home opener, Manolas was waiting at the far post when a free kick from Aleksandar Kolarov came over the top, allowing the Greece centre-back to tap in.
With Roma having trailed 3-1 at half-time, Manolas' goal immediately brought back memories of his decisive late score in the 3-0 victory over Barcelona in last season's Champions League quarterfinal -- when Roma overturned a 4-1 first-leg deficit.
However, Edin Dzeko and Patrik Schick each missed solid chances at a winner.
Roma and Atalanta each have four points from the opening two rounds -- two points behind leaders Juventus, Napoli and Spal.
Roma had taken an early lead when newly signed Javier Pastore scored a delightful back-heel goal two minutes in.
But Atalanta then took advantage of poor defending -- including by Manolas -- and produced an equaliser from Timothy Castagne, then a brace from Emiliano Rigoni.
Alessandro Florenzi began Roma's comeback by bursting through the center of Atalanta's defence and unleashing a long shot on the hour mark.
Roma visit AC Milan on Friday, a day after Atalanta visit Copenhagen in the Europa League playoffs. Atalanta and Copenhagen drew 0-0 in the opening leg.
Game Information
Italian Serie A Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internazionale | 36 | 29 | 5 | 2 | +67 | 92 |
AC Milan | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | +29 | 74 |
Bologna | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | +24 | 67 |
Juventus | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | +21 | 67 |
Atalanta | 35 | 19 | 6 | 10 | +26 | 63 |
AS Roma | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | +19 | 60 |
Lazio | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | +10 | 59 |
Fiorentina | 35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | +13 | 53 |
Napoli | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | +7 | 51 |
Torino | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | +1 | 50 |
Genoa | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 46 |
Monza | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | -9 | 45 |
Lecce | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | -20 | 37 |
Hellas Verona | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 34 |
Udinese | 36 | 5 | 18 | 13 | -17 | 33 |
Cagliari | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -27 | 33 |
Frosinone | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -25 | 32 |
Empoli | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -26 | 32 |
Sassuolo | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -30 | 29 |
Salernitana | 36 | 2 | 10 | 24 | -48 | 16 |