AS Roma vs Sassuolo

Roma won 3-0 at the Olimpico on Saturday night, their first game since a midweek loss at Manchester United in which they let a 2-0 lead go. Sassuolo have now lost five league games in a row. Mario Hermoso opened the scoring in the 27th minute, hitting a shot from about 14 yards after the ball came back to him from Donyell Malen. Three minutes later Malen's effort took a double deflection off Jay Idzes and Sebastian Walukiewicz, and the ball went in off the latter to wrong-foot Arijanet Muric. Rodrigo Mora added the third in the 58th, playing a one-two with Malen and finishing low into the far corner. The score could have been bigger. Matias Soule rounded Muric with an open goal ahead of him, then tried to square it to Malen, who wasn't expecting the ball. It was Alberto Aquilani's first game against his old club. Roma have 27 points from 11 games, one behind leaders Lazio. Sassuolo are 17th on 8 points.