Roma climb within one

A superb scissor-kick from Radja Nainggolan helped secure the points as Roma closed the gap on Serie A leaders Juventus to just a point on Sunday after a 1-0 defeat of 10-man Genoa.

Roma were given a boost when goalkeeper Matti Perin was issued a straight red card for a challenge on Nainggolan in the box but replacement Eugenio Lamanna did well to stop Adem Ljajic's penalty.

Nainggolan found himself in plenty of space five minutes before half-time and produced a fine piece of mid-air wizardry to fire Maicon's delivery past a helpless Lamanna.

Elsewhere, Luca Toni scored his 300th career goal as Verona claimed a precious 2-1 away win at Udinese thanks to Lazaros Christodoulopoulos's winner. Antonio Di Natale scored his 201st Serie A goal for Udinese.

Parma picked up a precious point from their first draw of the season at home to Cagliari, although Roberto Donadoni's men remain rooted to the foot of the table.

Earlier, Manolo Gabbiadini struck in the second half to put the brakes on Juventus's title charge as Sampdoria grabbed a 1-1 draw in Turin.

Frenchman Patrice Evra gave the Italian champions a half-time lead when he headed home from a corner in the 12th minute to score his first goal for the club.

However Sampdoria were back on level terms six minutes after the restart after Gabbiadini beat Buffon with a fine curling drive.