Serie A, Week 3: Lazio, Napoli and Juventus Continue To Share Top Spot

Ante Vukusic will wonder what he’s done to upset the Footballing gods, as the Croatian frontman struck the Samp woodwork at the beginning of each half.

Substitute Mervan Celik finally got Pescara off the mark with a grass cutter, but 60 seconds later, joy turned to despair when Lopez grabbed his second to restore Samp’s two goal cushion.

Alas, that was about the last thing El Matador did well this afternoon, as his finish was sorely lacking. Hamsik more than made up for it with an almost flawless performance, showing off his excellent passing and setting up Pandev for the second, a tap-in from close range.

In fact, it turned out that all Bologna needed to do was sit back and wait for Roma to self-destruct. In the 69th minute, Zeman, continuing to show just how attack minded he is, replaced Lamela with Nico Lopez -- and it all went downhill from there (although the giallorossi had looked as though their heads were elsewhere for the majority of the second half).

It was all over six minutes later, when Asamoah, who’s been on fire in his new bianconeri kit, put in the third and final goal. It wasn’t spectacular, just a tap-in from a rebounded Mirko shot, but it was enough to give Juventus confidence going into their Champions League play.