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Lazio miss two penalties, still hit Sassuolo for six to join Inter top
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๐ฐ Gattuso's Lazio thrashed Sassuolo 6-2 away and sit level with Inter at the top.
๐ Key points
โฝ Lazio won 6-2 away at Sassuolo on 27 October.
๐ฏ Noslin scored twice and four others got one each.
๐ They missed two penalties and still won comfortably.
๐ Lazio are joint top of Serie A with Inter on 25 points.
๐ 12 different league scorers, second only to Barcelona in Europe's top five leagues.
๐ What happened
โก Kenneth Taylor put Lazio ahead after two minutes. Sutalo's own goal levelled it on seven minutes, but Gustav Isaksen (13) and Romano Floriani Mussolini (16) struck in quick succession. On 31 minutes Sassuolo's Thorstvedt was sent off for a late, high tackle on Mattia Zaccagni.
โฝ Esposito pulled one back on 43 minutes, but Zaccagni scored in first-half stoppage time to make it 4-2. Tijjani Noslin then struck twice after the break, on 55 and 65 minutes.
๐ Lazio missed two penalties: Sassuolo keeper Turati saved from Zaccagni on 50 minutes and from Davide Frattesi on 61.
๐ฃ๏ธ Gattuso said his 'dream is a full Olimpico'. Lazio had been knocked out of the Coppa Italia by Serie B side Mantova in August, and expectations were low before the season.
๐ By the numbers
โข 25 points from nine games, joint top with Inter
โข 12 different league scorers (Barcelona have 13)
โข 22 league goals, Noslin top scorer with four
๐ญ Why it matters
Gattuso and Frattesi, both arriving at Lazio after Italy's World Cup failure, are leading an unexpected title push. Asked whether Lazio can challenge, Frattesi joked that Inter and Roma players could answer that. Lazio host Cagliari on Sunday 1 November.
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