Lazio could not make it five Serie A wins in a row as a Luca Toni penalty earned Verona a 1-1 draw at the Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi last night.

Senad Lulic gave the side from the capital the lead just before the break but when Luis Pedro Cavanda pulled back Juanito Gomez in the area to earn his second yellow card, Toni made no mistake from the spot.

Lazio continued to press for a winner despite being down to 10 men but neither side could find the vital goal and the points were shared.

Lazio made a bright start with Lulic heading weakly wide from a corner and Biglia blazing over again from distance.

Their pressure yielded an opener three minutes before the break thanks to a howler from Vangelis Moras.

Antonio Candreva crossed from the right and the Greek defender missed the ball completely as he swung a boot to clear, leaving Lulic to finish from three yards.

Verona came out with purpose in the second half and Toni had three good chances to net the equaliser within four minutes.

But despite those three chances, Lazio were playing the better football and enjoying the more possession but the home side were doing well to keep them at bay.

The visitors continued to press but it was Verona who equalised from the penalty spot in the 69th minute when Cavanda was handed his marching orders.

The full-back took a firm grip on the right wrist of Gomez in the box and pulled the substitute back, the referee had no choice but to point to the spot and produce a second card.

Toni stepped up and sent Marchetti the wrong way, beating him low to his right, to level the scores.

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