- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internazionale | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | +41 | 71 |
| Napoli | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | +26 | 68 |
| Atalanta | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | +35 | 61 |
| Juventus | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | +19 | 59 |
| Bologna | 32 | 15 | 12 | 5 | +14 | 57 |
| Lazio | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | +10 | 56 |
| AS Roma | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | +15 | 54 |
| Fiorentina | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | +17 | 53 |
| AC Milan | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | +14 | 51 |
| Torino | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 40 |
| Udinese | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 40 |
| Genoa | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | -9 | 39 |
| Como | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 36 |
| Hellas Verona | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | -29 | 32 |
| Cagliari | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 30 |
| Parma | 32 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -14 | 28 |
| Lecce | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -29 | 26 |
| Venezia | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -19 | 24 |
| Empoli | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -26 | 24 |
| Monza | 32 | 2 | 9 | 21 | -31 | 15 |
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