Despite a late scare, Genoa took home all three points with Hernan Crespo's brace.

Marco Baroni picked up a point on his Siena - and Serie A - debut last week, but faced a Genoa side fired up by Thursday's 3-2 Europa League win over Lille. Giuseppe Biava was suspended and Houssine Kharja couldn't face his former club due to injury, joining Marco Amelia, Bosko Jankovic and Ivan Juric on the treatment table. The visitors had to leave Rossettini, Francesco Parravicini and Genevier behind.

It took 70 seconds for Hernan Crespo to open the scoring. Rodrigo Palacio nodded a Giandomenico Mesto cross on to the base of the far upright and Crespo was quickest to pounce on the loose ball.

Moments later Crespo just failed to connect with a Mesto cross that had gone past the goalkeeper. Abdel Ghezzal nearly made the most of some shaky footwork from Genoa shot-stopper Alessio Scarpi.

Crespo doubled his tally with another real poacher's goal. Gianluca Curci horribly fumbled a Palacio snapshot and it was child's play to tap in the rebound.

The Siena defence was carved up like butter, as Palacio pulled it back from the byline for the unmarked Raffaele Palladino to sweep in from the penalty spot.

The visitors thought they had scored before half-time, but ex-Samp player Vergassola was offside when he turned in the rebound from Ghezzal's parried shot.

Palacio probably deserved a penalty for Del Grosso's mistimed tackle, but the referee only awarded a corner kick.

Siena were more involved in the second half and Scarpi beat away a Vergassola strike from close range.

The visitors got a consolation goal when Michele Paolucci ran into the area down the left and placed a low angled drive beneath Scarpi's body.

Siena made it a tense finale at Marassi, as a set play bounced out to Massimo Maccarone's fierce volley for 3-2!

However, Sergio Floccari ended those hopes of an epic comeback by scoring at the final minute. Siena were furious, as they felt he was offside when he gathered an Omar Milanetto through ball in the D and curled it in at the near post.