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7¹KEKO's header was well saved by IRAIZOZ.
10¹A cross from SAIVET left SCHÜRRLE in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
19¹GOAL!! A great ball from MARCELO left KEKO in the clear, he made the Espanyol 'keeper commit himself before passing the ball to SAIVET to score. (1-0 Lazio)
20¹WALTON yellow cards SAIVET.
22¹A neatly crafted cross from COROMINAS was fired goalbound by PIATTI only for JÚLIO CÉSAR to palm clear.
23¹GOAL!! After a good build-up IBRAHIMOVIC drove the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Lazio)
25¹The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BENAYOUN dropped just over.
26¹A poor strike from PIATTI trickled agonisingly wide.
30¹A free-kick from SCHÜRRLE raced inches over.
35¹GOAL!! JOHNSON drove a fierce shot against the woodwork with SCHÜRRLE knocking in the rebound. (3-0 Lazio)
2²JOHNSON booked.
5²SCHÜRRLE shot wide.
10²SCHÜRRLE waltzed away from MARQUEZ and poked a tame shot well wide.
20²A mix up in the Espanyol defence enabled SCHÜRRLE to blast the ball just wide.
25²JÚLIO CÉSAR was able to claw away a tame header from PIATTI.
26²A accurate pass bobbled toward SCHÜRRLE and his looping shot flew narrowly wide.
28²MARQUEZ worked the ball to ILSINHO, PIATTI latched onto his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
30²GOAL!! A thirty yard free-kick was cleverly thundered into the roof of the net by SCHÜRRLE. (4-0 Lazio)
33²KEKO made space on the right and knocked the ball to SCHÜRRLE who touched the ball over.
34²SCHÜRRLE ran onto a wonderful ball from KEKO but blasted his effort wide.
40²SCHÜRRLE hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
43²A fine ball from MARCELO on the right was collected by SCHÜRRLE who sliced his shot over.

 
Lazio
 
League position: 3
Home league form: XWLW
Overall league form: XXWWXLWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
JÚLIO CÉSAR Soares7½17½Gorka IRAIZOZ(c)
MAICON Douglas7 26½JUANFRAN
MARCELO Vieira6½36 José CASTRO
Lars BENDER8½46½Rafael MARQUEZ
RICARDO Alberto CARVALHO7½56½Nicolás OTAMENDI
Glen JOHNSON5 66 Patricio ARAUJO
KEKO8 76 ILSINHO
André SCHÜRRLE7 86½Pablo PIATTI
(c,p)Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC7 96 Raúl TAMUDO(p)
(f)Henri SAIVET6½106½Yossi BENAYOUN(f)
Gonzalo HIGUAÍN6 115½Ferrán COROMINAS
Manager
Rafael VAN DER VAART  12  Alou DIARRA
VÍCTOR VALDÉS Arribas  13  David OSPINA
GANSO  146 DAVID GARCÍA de la
Sotiris NINIS  15  Alejandro ALFARO
Tijani BELAID7 16  KLÉBER Giacomance
 
Espanyol
 
League position: 18
Away league form: WLXL
Overall league form: XWXLXLLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Lazio 4 Espanyol 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 56,901, Stadium: Olimpico, Referee: Peter Walton 5½)

Saivet 19¹, Ibrahimovic 23¹, Schürrle 35¹, Schürrle 30²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
JohnsonóBelaid 14²OtamendióDavid García 37²
  
Saivet 20¹, Johnson 2² 
25
196
28
74
143
217
34
56%44%
Man of the match: Lars Bender