Serie A
Malen scores again as Roma goes top of Serie A
Donyell Malen was on target once again as he helped Roma to a 2-0 victory over Torino in Serie A at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.… Show More
Donyell Malen was on target once again as he helped Roma to a 2-0 victory over Torino in Serie A at Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.
Having failed to score against Atalanta last weekend, Malen struck in the first half this time around before Niccolo Pisilli added a late second to maintain Roma's 100 perfect start to the league season and send it to the top of the Serie A table.
Malen got in front of his marker to skew a header high and wide of the top-right corner before Matias Soule and Bryan Cristante both fired off target, with Roma failing to make their bright start count.
Mile Svilar then got down sharply to keep out Rolando Mandragora at the other end.
Roma found its breakthrough in the 40th minute; Lucas Perri's pass was cut out, and Paulo Dybala slid it into Malen. His first effort was saved, but he jumped straight back up to poke the rebound into the empty net.
The visitor pushed for a second after the break, with Malen teeing up Nahuel Molina to send a swerving volley sailing just over the crossbar.
Torino remained a threat, though, with Svilar making himself big to block Giovanni Simeone's tight-angled effort before he coolly collected the forward's improvised flick, which tamely bounced towards goal.
Gianluca Mancini fired straight at Perri, but Pisilli finally got the second goal Roma had been pushing for in the 93rd minute.
Mancini held off three challenges near the corner flag and carried on playing while Torino asked for a free-kick at the byline. His cutback was pushed away by Daniel Braganca, but only as far as Pisilli, who drilled his low shot across goal into the bottom-left corner.
While Roma maintained its 100 percent record, Como sits in third on 10 points after recording its third league win in a row.
Cesc Fabregas's men beat Parma 2-1 to stay unbeaten, with Jacobo Ramon and Kaika getting the goals, though they had to hold on for all three points at the end after David Romero's stoppage-time consolation.
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