Roma go fourth with win that deepens Genoa crisis

Cengiz Under put the visitors in front after five minutes, before they doubled their lead on the stroke of halftime when Davide Biraschi directed a cross into his own net.

Genoa struck back almost immediately through a Goran Pandev strike, but they were denied an equaliser in the second half when Roma goalkeeper Pau Lopez performed a superb save at full stretch to keep out an Edoardo Goldaniga header.

The capital club put the result beyond doubt with 16 minutes remaining when Edin Dzeko fired a shot into the bottom corner to earn his side their first league win since Dec. 20, after back-to-back defeats to Torino and Juventus.

Roma are fourth on 38 points, three ahead of Atalanta before their home clash with rock-bottom SPAL on Monday.

Genoa have slipped to 19th place with 14 points, having won just one league game in their last 11 attempts. (Reporting by Alasdair Mackenzie Editing by Toby Davis)