Serie A, Week 6: Juventus edge past Roma in dramatic fashion

However, it didn’t stay that way for long, with Juve awarded a penalty in the 26th minute. Initially the referee awarded a free-kick when Andrea Pirlo’s shot rebounded off the arm of Roma defender Maicon, only to rightly award a penalty after much protesting from the hosts. Carlos Tevez stepped up and rolled Juve ahead, and Roma boss Rudi García was promptly sent to the stands for playing an imaginary violin at the officials.

Juve almost retook the lead within five minutes of the restart, though after breaking forward into the box, Pogba’s touch was too heavy and Roma keeper Łukasz Skorupski was able to dive to sweep the ball from his feet. Roma responded with a good chance of their own 10 minutes later, though Pjanić dragged his shot wide after some tremendous play down the left from Gervinho.