Roma 1-1 Juventus: Visitors squander lead in race for top four

Juventus missed the accidental to interruption into the Serie A apical 4 aft they were held to a 1-1 gully distant to Roma connected Sunday.

It was the 3rd consecutive stalemate betwixt the 2 sides successful the Italian top-flight, doing truthful for the archetypal clip since betwixt December 1983 and March 1985.

Juventus are present level connected points with fourth-placed Bologna, who look Antonio Conte’s Napoli connected Monday.

After a dilatory commencement to proceedings, Roma burst into beingness successful the 25th infinitesimal erstwhile Bryan Cristante’s goal-bound effort was brilliantly thwarted by Pierre Kalulu.

At the different end, Roma goalkeeper Mile Svilar produced a stunning fingertip prevention to contradict Artem Dovbyk, tipping the Ukrainian’s header connected to the crossbar.

Stephan El Shaarawy past struck the post, but Claudio Ranieri’s squad recovered themselves down 5 minutes earlier half-time against the tally of play.

Kalulu’s transverse into the container was cleared lone arsenic acold arsenic Manuel Locatelli, who sent a first-time volley bouncing into the bottom-left corner.

But Roma hauled themselves level 4 minutes aft the restart.

Evan Ndicka’s header from a country was saved by Michele Di Gregorio, but the shot fell kindly to substitute Eldor Shomurodov who finished from adjacent range.

Juventus had a accidental to snatch each 3 points precocious on, but Weston McKennie’s changeable connected people was blocked by Angelino, arsenic the spoils were shared astatine the Stadio Olimpico.

Data Debrief: Tudor drops archetypal Juventus points

Igor Tudor came into the contention looking to go the archetypal manager since Ciro Ferrara successful 2009 to triumph his archetypal 2 games successful complaint of Juventus aft taking implicit midway done the season, but helium was incapable to usher his broadside to victory.

Juventus’ effect kept them 5th successful the standings with 56 points aft 31 games. In the three-points-per-win epoch (since 1994-95), lone connected 3 occasions person they had a little tally astatine this signifier of a play (48 points successful 1998-99, 2009-10 and 2010-11).

Roma, meanwhile, are present unbeaten successful their past 15 games successful Serie A (W11 D4) for the archetypal clip since the play betwixt January and May 2016, erstwhile they managed 17 with Luciano Spalletti astatine the helm.