Juventus 1-0 Roma: Szczesny saves Bianconeri amid spot-kick controversy

Moise
Kean
earned
the
credit
for
the
Bianconeri’s
winning
goal
in
the
first
half
as
Rodrigo
Bentancur’s
header
deflected
off
his
forehead
and
in.

Tammy
Abraham
thought
he
had
equalised,
turning
a
loose
ball
into
the
back
of
the
net
after
Szczesny
brought
Henrikh
Mkhitaryan
down
in
the
box,
but
the
whistle
had
already
gone
to
award
Roma
a
spot-kick,
which
Jordan
Veretout
saw
the
Juventus
goalkeeper
parry
aside.

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The
result
sees
Massimiliano
Allegri’s
side
move
up
to
seventh
in
the
Serie
A
table,
just
one
point
behind
Roma,
who
remain
fourth.

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Roma
started
the
brighter
of
the
two
sides,
Gianluca
Mancini
testing
Szczesny
with
an
early
headed
effort,
but
went
behind
in
the
16th
minute
as
the
hosts
scored
with
their
first
attempt
of
the
game,
Bentancur
heading
the
ball
against
Kean
and
in
following
Mattia
De
Sciglio’s
deep
cross
from
the
left.

The
visitors
were
left
frustrated
as
the
referee
blew
his
whistle
to
award
them
a
penalty
–
confirmed
after
a
VAR
review
–
for
Szczesny’s
foul
on
Mkhitaryan
just
moments
before
Abraham
found
the
net,
with
Veretout’s
subsequent
spot-kick
saved
by
the
Poland
international.

Shortly
after
the
restart,
Federico
Bernardeschi’s
spectacular
bicycle
kick
was
spilled
into
the
path
of
Kean
by
Rui
Patricio,
but
the
striker
blazed
the
loose
ball
over
the
bar
from
inside
the
six-yard
box.

A
second
VAR
penalty
check
was
conducted
when
Lorenzo
Pellegrini
went
down
in
the
box
as
he
and
Giorgio
Chiellini
swiped
at
a
loose
ball,
but
this
time
Jose
Mourinho’s
men
were
denied
a
spot-kick
and
were
unable
to
find
an
equaliser,
slumping
to
their
third
defeat
of
the
season.

Roma
next
take
on
table
toppers
Napoli
at
home
on
October
24
while
Juventus
travel
to
Inter
Milan
the
same
day
for
a
late
kick
off.