- Gianluca Mancini - 24'
Mancini header earns Roma narrow victory over Genoa
Gianluca Mancini's first-half goal was enough to earn AS Roma a 1-0 home win over Genoa on Sunday, with the victory moving Paulo Fonseca's side up to fourth in the Serie A standings.
In a tight contest, Mancini's bullet header from a corner in the 24th minute was enough for Roma to move on to 50 points from 26 games, one point above Atalanta in fifth, and two behind third-placed champions Juventus, who both have a game in hand.
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While Roma did have chances to make the result more comfortable -- substitute Gonzalo Villar going closest to a second as he struck a post in the second half -- Genoa had chances of their own to snatch a point against the nervy hosts.
Fonseca's men hung on, however, to leave Genoa down in 13th on 27 points, without a win in their last five league games.
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Italian Serie A Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napoli | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | +14 | 38 |
| Atalanta | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | +22 | 37 |
| Internazionale | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | +25 | 34 |
| Lazio | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | +8 | 34 |
| Fiorentina | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 31 |
| Juventus | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | +14 | 28 |
| Bologna | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 28 |
| AC Milan | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | +9 | 26 |
| Udinese | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 20 |
| Empoli | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 19 |
| Torino | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 19 |
| AS Roma | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| Genoa | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -12 | 16 |
| Lecce | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -18 | 16 |
| Parma | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| Como | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -10 | 15 |
| Hellas Verona | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | -19 | 15 |
| Cagliari | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -11 | 14 |
| Monza | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| Venezia | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 10 |
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