AS Roma's Maicon celebrates with teammates after scoring against Fiorentina during their Italian Serie A soccer match at the Olympic stadium in Rome (Photo: Reuters)
Gervinho set up both goals for second-placed AS Roma as they ended a run of four successive draws by beating Fiorentina 2-1 in an enthralling Serie A match on Sunday.
Maicon gave unbeaten Roma a seventh minute lead after Gervinho pulled the ball back from the byline and Mattia Destro fired home the winner midway through the second half following a replica move by the Ivorian.
Juan Vargas equalised for Fiorentina, who are joint fourth, just before the half hour. Roma had Miralem Pjanic sent off for a second bookable offence in the 87th minute.
Second-placed Roma's win kept them three points behind Serie A leaders Juventus, who won 2-0 at Bologna on Friday, with 37 points from 15 games.
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