ROMA 3-4 JUVENTUS: JUVE FIGHT BACK FROM TWO GOALS DOWN TO BEAT JOSE MOURINHO’S ROMA

Juventus came from two goals down to beat Roma 4-3 in a thrilling contest at the Stadio Olimpico.

Tammy Abraham, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and a stunning Lorenzo Pellegrini free-kick put Roma 3-1 up, but the Juve fightback began in the 70th minute with Manuel Locatelli’s header made it 3-2 before a further two goals in the space of seven minutes came through close-range strikes from Dejan Kulusevski and Mattia De Sciglio.

Roma had a penalty in the 83rd minute which saw Matthijs de Ligt receive a second yellow card for a handball, but Lorenzo Pellegrini’s spot-kick was saved by former Roma goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny to ensure Juventus pulled off a phenomenal victory in Rome.

The result means Roma drop down to seventh on 32 points. For Juventus, they remain in fifth on 38 points; six points clear of sixth-place Fiorentina and three off Atalanta in fourth.