Filip Djordjevic bagged a brace as Lazio conquered Rosenborg 2-0 in Norway, but Keita Balde Diao saw red.

The Italians are top of Group G with 10 points, followed by St-Etienne on seven, Dnipro four and Rosenborg one.

Filip Djordjevic bagged a brace as Lazio conquered Rosenborg 2-0 in Norway, but Keita Balde Diao saw red.

The Italians are top of Group G with 10 points, followed by St-Etienne on seven, Dnipro four and Rosenborg one.

The Aquile had lost two consecutive Serie A games and needed a morale-booster ahead of Sunday’s Derby della Capitale with Roma. They sat top of their group, having beaten Rosenborg 3-1 in Rome despite having Mauricio sent off after six minutes. He was suspended and missed out along with Stefan de Vrij and Marco Parolo, while Ravel Morrison was given his first start.

Ricardo Kishna fired straight at the goalkeeper at the near post, then provided the assist for the opening goal, whipping in a corner for Filip Djordjevic’s glancing header.

The hosts went extremely close, as a Pal Andre Helland cross took a deflection and clipped the far end of the crossbar.

However, Eddy Onazi intercepted a midfield pass and surged forward through the middle, rolling across for Djordjevic to complete his brace with an angled drive.

Stefan Radu had penalty appeals, Wesley Hoedt had the ball in the net again, but the goal was ruled offside, while Antonio Candreva forced a desperate save one-on-one from Andre Hansen.

Lazio started to relax as the half wore on and in stoppages Etrit Berisha had to palm away a Tobias Mikkelsen counter-attack.

Keita Balde Diao made his comeback after three weeks out injured. It should’ve been a hat-trick for Djordjevic, but he horribly scuffed the volley when clear on goal after springing the offside trap.

Etrit Berisha beat away a Mike Jensen scorcher and Alessandro Matri failed to make the most of two Rosenborg defenders colliding on the edge of the box.

Lazio seemed entirely comfortable, which made Keita Balde Diao’s red card for a reaction shove on Helland even more futile.

Rosenborg 0-2 Lazio

Scorers: Djordjevic 9, 29 (L)

Rosenborg: A Hansen; Svensson, Reginiussen (Bjordal 33), Eyjolfsson, Skjelvik; Jensen, Selnaes, Midtsjo (Konradsen 61); Helland, Soderlund (Vilhjalmsson 65), Helland, Mikkelsen

Lazio: Berisha; Konko, Hoedt, Gentiletti, Radu; Onazi, Cataldi; Candreva (Keita 46), Morrison (Matri 75), Kishna; Djordjevic (Matri 65)

Ref: Marriner (ENG)

Sent off: Keita 83 (L)

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