MILAN - A 90th-minute penalty from Ivorian teenager Frank Kessie dented wasteful Roma's early season hopes in a 2-1 defeat at Atalanta that left the Giallorossi seven points off the Serie A lead Sunday. Roma goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was forced into action to thwart a Kessie cross but palmed it on to Mattia Caldara’s face, the ball ricocheting into the net. Remo Freuler's deflected strike on 76 minutes came off the near post and into the welcome arms of Szczesny. Leandro Paredes tripped the lively Gomez in the area and Kessie, 19, stepped up to send Szczesny the wrong way to secure Atalanta's sixth win in their past seven outings. It moved Gian Piero Gasperini's men up to fifth, one point ahead of Napoli and only eight behind Juventus.

Source: Bangkok Post November 20, 2016 17:47 UTC