Roma pounce on Lazio errors to win hot-tempered derby


Football - Soccer - Lazio v AS Roma - Italian Serie A - Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy - 4/12/2016. Lazio's Felipe Anderson (L) and Marco Parolo fight for the ball with AS Roma's Emerson Palmieri. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

MILAN (Reuters) - AS Roma pounced on two dreadful Lazio mistakes to claim a 2-0 Serie A victory in a hot-tempered derby boycotted by their own supporters on Sunday.

Lazio's Wallace gifted Roma the lead in the 64th minute when he tried to dribble his way out of defence but was dispossessed by Kevin Strootman who chipped the ball over helpless goalkeeper Federico Marchetti.

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