Roma flattened Chievo 4-1, including two goals after Juan Jesus had been sent off and Alisson saved a penalty, to retain third place.
The Giallorossi had to shake off the disappointment of their 5-2 Champions League semi-final defeat to Liverpool and prepare for Wednesday’s second leg, so Kostas Manolas, Alessandro Florenzi and Cengiz Under were rested with Kevin Strootman, Diego Perotti and Gregoire Defrel were injured. The Flying Donkeys arrived just two points clear of the relegation zone with Massimo Gobbi injured.
Roma flattened Chievo 4-1, including two goals after Juan Jesus had been sent off and Alisson saved a penalty, to retain third place.
The Giallorossi had to shake off the disappointment of their 5-2 Champions League semi-final defeat to Liverpool and prepare for Wednesday’s second leg, so Kostas Manolas, Alessandro Florenzi and Cengiz Under were rested with Kevin Strootman, Diego Perotti and Gregoire Defrel were injured. The Flying Donkeys arrived just two points clear of the relegation zone with Massimo Gobbi injured.
Patrik Schick opened the scoring by meeting a Radja Nainggolan assist with the inside of the boot, then the hosts rattled the woodwork twice before Edin Dzeko made it 2-0 with a volley.
After the break, Juan Jesus saw red and gave away a penalty for his shirt tug on Roberto Inglese, but Alisson Becker parried the spot-kick.
Roma took full advantage and added another two goals in 120 seconds through Stephan El Shaarawy’s solo effort and a Dzeko curler from outside the box.
Inglese did eventually get a consolation goal for Chievo late on.
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