Lazio thrash Sassuolo 6-2 with dominant display
Lazio defeated Sassuolo 6-2 in Serie A, with Kenneth Taylor and Tijjani Noslin among the scorers at Mapei Stadium.
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Lazio delivered a commanding performance, defeating Sassuolo 6-2 in Serie A on Tuesday. The match took place at Mapei Stadium - Citta del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia.
Kenneth Taylor opened the scoring for Lazio in the second minute. Kristian Thorstvedt equalised for Sassuolo in the seventh minute with an assist from Josh Doig.
Lazio quickly regained the lead with goals from Gustav Isaksen in the thirteenth minute and Romano Floriani Mussolini in the sixteenth minute, assisted by Mattia Zaccagni and Kenneth Taylor respectively.
Sassuolo's Sebastiano Esposito scored in the forty-third minute, assisted by Simone Cinquegrano, making it 2-3 before half-time. However, Mattia Zaccagni extended Lazio's lead in stoppage time of the first half, assisted by Isaksen.
In the second half, Tijjani Noslin scored twice for Lazio, first in the fifty-fifth minute with an assist from Zaccagni, and again in the sixty-fifth minute with an assist from Fisayo Dele-Bashiru.
Sassuolo were reduced to ten men when Kristian Thorstvedt received a red card in the thirty-first minute. Lazio also missed two penalties during the match, with Zaccagni and Davide Frattesi failing to convert.
Lazio dominated possession with 58% and had 8 shots on target compared to Sassuolo's 2. The win keeps Lazio at the top of the Serie A table with 25 points from 9 matches, while Sassuolo sit 14th with 8 points.