Roma left it very late to leapfrog rivals Lazio ahead of the derby, missing big chances against the 10 men of Verona only for teenager Cristian Volpato to save their blushes late on.
After Maurizio Sarri's Lazio were beaten by Salernitana on Sunday, Jose Mourinho 's Giallorossi knew they would climb into the top four with a victory. Opponents Verona were coming off the back of six straight Serie A defeats, but took a surprise lead through Pawel Dawidowicz's first-half goal.
It looked as though the visitors might be made to pay for their wasteful finishing, with last season's top scorer Tammy Abraham particularly culpable. However, after a VAR check brought a straight red card for Dawidowicz, Roma were handed a way back into the game - though they were made to wait until the final few minutes to claim victory as Vopato and Stephan El Shaarawy broke the hosts' resistance
