Zaniolo, taken into consideration one in every of Italy's most gifted gamers, crashed domestic a effective low finish from the brink of the region in the 91st minute at the Stadio Olimpico and then charged toward the wildly celebrating domestic supporters.
However the lovers' cheers grew to become to jeers whilst Tammy Abraham become judged to have fouled Johan Vasquez within the construct-as much as the goal after an on-subject assessment, leaving Roma's slender hopes of Champions League soccer subsequent season putting through a thread.
Zaniolo, 22, changed into then sent off for his protests at the selection and had to be held again by means of Jose Mourinho after the final whistle. A disappointing factor on the Stadio Olimpico left Mourinho's aspect four points far from the pinnacle four having performed video games extra than fourth-located Atalanta in advance in their domestic clash with Cagliari early on Sunday afternoon.
They ruled the play as anticipated but didn't create an awful lot in opposition to a Genoa group which changed into properly-drilled by new instruct Alexander Blessin but stays 2d-from-backside and four factors from safety. Not even Leo Ostigard receiving a immediately purple card with just over 20 mins closing helped Roma destroy thru a wall of defenders, as Genoa closed ranks even similarly and picked up a 2nd draw from suits under Blessin.
Roma also are 3 factors far from 5th-positioned Juventus, who host Verona on Sunday night time with new boy Dusan Vlahovic set to make his debut for the 36-time Italian champions.
On Saturday Juve teach Massimiliano Allegri stated Vlahovic, who co-leads the Serie A scoring charts with 17 dreams, is one of the best centre-forwards in the world, "along (Erling) Haaland and (Kylian) Mbappe". The weekend's biggest healthy takes place on Saturday night, with a Milan derby among groups chasing the name.
