Match highlights
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Sassuolo vs Lazio highlights
How the goals came
2' Kenneth Taylor opens the scoring for Lazio → 7' Kristian Thorstvedt equalises for Sassuolo → 13' Gustav Isaksen puts Lazio ahead → 16' Romano Floriani Mussolini extends Lazio's lead (the winner) → 43' Sebastiano Esposito pulls one back for Sassuolo → 45+1' Mattia Zaccagni extends Lazio's lead → 55' Tijjani Noslin extends Lazio's lead → 65' Tijjani Noslin extends Lazio's lead. Full time: 2-6, Lazio win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 8 goals came after half-time.
2' Kenneth Taylor (Lazio) 0-1
Two minutes into the match, Kenneth Taylor put Lazio ahead at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore. Sassuolo were behind almost before they had settled, trailing 0-1 in front of 17,324 spectators. It was the first of the eight goals the afternoon's scoreline would eventually record.
7' Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) 1-1
Sassuolo's response came quickly. Five minutes after falling behind, Kristian Thorstvedt levelled the game at 1-1 in the seventh minute. For that moment, the hosts had pulled the match back to a clean slate.
13' Gustav Isaksen (Lazio) 1-2
The parity did not last. In the 13th minute Gustav Isaksen restored Lazio's lead at 1-2, and the visitors never surrendered it again. Isaksen's goal therefore stood as the winner of the match.
16' Romano Floriani Mussolini (Lazio) 1-3
Three minutes after Isaksen's goal, Romano Floriani Mussolini made it 1-3. Lazio had scored three times inside the opening 16 minutes, reshaping the match in a short burst. Sassuolo were now two goals down with the first half barely a third gone.
43' Sebastiano Esposito (Sassuolo) 2-3
With the first half drawing to a close, Sebastiano Esposito pulled Sassuolo back to 2-3 in the 43rd minute. The scoreline had stood untouched for 27 minutes, and the hosts were suddenly within one goal going into the interval.
45'+1 Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) 2-4
Sassuolo's one-goal deficit lasted only two minutes. In first-half stoppage time, at 45+1, Mattia Zaccagni made it 2-4 and sent Lazio into the interval two clear again. Whatever Esposito's goal had opened up was closed before the break.
55' Tijjani Noslin (Lazio) 2-5
Ten minutes into the second half, Tijjani Noslin made it 2-5 for Lazio. The one-goal margin Sassuolo had briefly held in the first half was now three, and the visitors were in control of the scoreline. It was the fifth time the hosts had been beaten at the back.
65' Tijjani Noslin (Lazio) 2-6
In the 65th minute Noslin scored his second of the match for 2-6. It was the last goal of an eight-goal game, and the scoreline stayed there to the finish. Lazio, ahead since the second minute apart from one brief equaliser, closed out a four-goal win away from home.
