Roma and AC Milan netted in stoppage time to attract 1-1 in Serie A, a end result on Saturday that did neither any favors in a decent race for the Champions League qualifying spots.
Tammy Abraham thought he secured a vital win for Roma when he scored within the fourth minute of stoppage time with the primary shot heading in the right direction of the match.
But Alexis Saelemaekers levelled three minutes later to depart Abraham shaking his head virtually in disbelief.
Fourth-placed Milan led Roma on targets scored. Head-to-head is the primary tiebreaker however the sides are degree after two late Roma targets helped it snatch a 2-2 draw at Milan in January. They are additionally degree on objective distinction.
But Roma has eight targets lower than Milan total.
Inter Milan can transfer degree on factors with a win over second-placed Lazio on Sunday. But Lazio wants the victory to forestall Napoli from clinching the title when it performs Salernitana later that day, in a match that was rescheduled from Saturday for safety causes.
Atalanta closed the hole to the highest 4 to 2 factors by snatching a 2-1 win at Torino.
Roma ahead Paulo Dybala was match just for a spot on the bench at Stadio Olimpico after hurting an ankle final weekend within the loss at Atalanta. He was sorely missed as Roma — and Milan — struggled to carve out probabilities.
Roma had the perfect probability of the primary half however Lorenzo Pellegrini’s close-range effort was unintentionally charged down by his personal teammate, Abraham.
Milan virtually broke the impasse on the hour mark when Olivier Giroud knocked the ball down for Rafael Leão and he managed to chop into the field and cross for an unmarked Saelemaekers on the again publish, however his volley was narrowly over the bar.
It appeared as if Roma received the match when Mehmet Çelik picked up the ball simply inside his personal half and sprinted foward. He picked out Abraham, who took one contact and fired into the underside left nook to ship the Stadio Olimpico wild with pleasure.
But moments later, the house followers had been silenced. A poor clearance from Gianluca Mancini got here to Leão, who floated in a cross that Saelemaekers managed this time to volley in from shut vary.
DROUGHT ENDED
Duván Zapata ended his prolonged objective drought in model to assist Atalanta to what may show a vital victory.
With two minutes remaining, Zapata mazed his approach into the realm between two gamers and despatched Torino defender Perr Schuurs sliding onto his bottom together with his fast change of path earlier than firing powerfully into the online.
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It was Zapata’s first objective for the reason that begin of November and solely his second this season. He scored 10 final season.
Former Torino defender Davide Zappacosta scored the opener within the thirty fourth minute when he raced into the left aspect of the realm and slotted dwelling from the tightest of angles. He didn’t have a good time in opposition to his former crew.
Torino leveled within the seventy fifth after Antonio Sanabria tucked dwelling a rebound when Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello may solely parry an Aleksej Miranchuk snapshot.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com