- 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 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | +21 | 50 |
| Internazionale | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | +33 | 47 |
| Atalanta | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | +22 | 43 |
| Lazio | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | +9 | 39 |
| Juventus | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | +17 | 37 |
| Fiorentina | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | +12 | 33 |
| Bologna | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 33 |
| AC Milan | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | +8 | 31 |
| AS Roma | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 27 |
| Udinese | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 26 |
| Torino | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 23 |
| Genoa | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -12 | 23 |
| Como | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 22 |
| Cagliari | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 21 |
| Empoli | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -8 | 20 |
| Parma | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 20 |
| Lecce | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -21 | 20 |
| Hellas Verona | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -23 | 19 |
| Venezia | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 15 |
| Monza | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
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