Roma defender Federico Fazio went from villain to hero as his side continued their recent dominance over neighbours Lazio with a 3-1 win in a pulsating Derby della Capitale on Saturday.
Closer look at that one from Pellegrini ????pic.twitter.com/NQaBBfeS5t
— ItalianFootballTV (@IFTVofficial) 29 September 2018
Fazio made an awful mistake to gift Lazio an equaliser midway through the second half but, after Aleksandar Kolarov put Roma back in front with a free kick against his old club, made amends by heading their third goal.
HUGE mistake from Fazio & Immobile takes advantage of the mistake to make it 1-1! #RomaLazio #DerbydellaCapitalepic.twitter.com/txUyNHSy6B
— ItalianFootballTV (@IFTVofficial) 29 September 2018
It was Roma's seventh win in their last nine meetings with Lazio in all competitions and pulled them up to fifth place in Serie A with 11 points, one place and one point behind their opponents.
KOLAROV WHAT A FREE KICK!pic.twitter.com/U32OyLks06
— ItalianFootballTV (@IFTVofficial) 29 September 2018
Argentina defender Fazio completed the win, and atoned for his earlier mistake, by meeting a free kick with a towering header to score four minutes from time.ħ
#Fazio had something to be forgiven for#RomaLazio pic.twitter.com/qMWxdtMIYc
— AS Roma Data (@ASRomaData) 29 September 2018