- 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 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | +39 | 67 |
| Napoli | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | +23 | 64 |
| Atalanta | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | +34 | 58 |
| Bologna | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | +16 | 56 |
| Juventus | 30 | 14 | 13 | 3 | +18 | 55 |
| AS Roma | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | +15 | 52 |
| Lazio | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | +9 | 52 |
| Fiorentina | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | +17 | 51 |
| AC Milan | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | +10 | 47 |
| Udinese | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 40 |
| Torino | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 39 |
| Genoa | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | -10 | 35 |
| Como | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 30 |
| Hellas Verona | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | -29 | 30 |
| Cagliari | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 29 |
| Parma | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -14 | 26 |
| Lecce | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -28 | 25 |
| Empoli | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -23 | 23 |
| Venezia | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | -20 | 20 |
| Monza | 30 | 2 | 9 | 19 | -28 | 15 |
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