Rasmus Kristensen has endured a difficult start to life at Roma, but on Sunday produced his best performance since joining the Italian side on loan from Leeds United – rated 7/10 by Forza Roma.
Kristensen, 25, struggled in his first appearance in a 2-2 draw with Salernita. His second, saw him hooked at half-time in a 2-1 loss to Verona. He was then dropped from the starting line-up in another loss to Milan.
It was then announced that he had been left out of Roma’s Europa League squad. Roma in action on Thursday in Europe this week – Kristensen started on Sunday. Home game against struggling Empoli.
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Roma have finally got their hands on the ball this season. They went on to a huge 7-0 win. Kristensen helped open the scoring and his cross won the penalty. Paulo Dybala did the rest and scored with a stroke.
Kristensen then crossed to Renatos Sanches. Own goal, the second by Dybala, world player Bryan Cristante, first Romelu Lukaku and then Gianluca Mancini to complete the 7-0 victory.
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“First ball and penalty. Second ball, perfect pass to Sanches. Failed at first, but shows that he has the right cards to make up for the lack of crossovers. Guaranteed to be quiet on the right.
It will do him the world of good. One official assist and almost two goals. The Dane was dropped in the first two weeks of his Roma loan but was given little chance to settle and adapt.
