- 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 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | +36 | 61 |
| Napoli | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | +21 | 57 |
| Atalanta | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | +33 | 55 |
| Juventus | 27 | 13 | 13 | 1 | +24 | 52 |
| Lazio | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | +14 | 50 |
| Bologna | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | +9 | 47 |
| Fiorentina | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | +14 | 45 |
| AC Milan | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | +10 | 44 |
| AS Roma | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | +12 | 43 |
| Udinese | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 39 |
| Torino | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | -1 | 35 |
| Genoa | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | -10 | 32 |
| Como | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 29 |
| Hellas Verona | 27 | 8 | 2 | 17 | -29 | 26 |
| Cagliari | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -15 | 26 |
| Lecce | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -26 | 25 |
| Parma | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 24 |
| Empoli | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -21 | 22 |
| Venezia | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -19 | 19 |
| Monza | 28 | 2 | 8 | 18 | -25 | 14 |
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