Rome, Sep 30 (IANS): AS Roma thrashed Bologna 5-0 to reclaim the top spot in the Italian Serie A.
Roma's sixth successive victory Sunday came after they went ahead on eight minutes when Bologna's goalkeeper Gianluca Curci parried Miralem Pjanic's free-kick and Alessandro Florenzi raced ahead to head home, reports Xinhua.
Gervinho got Roma's second nine minutes later with a powerful low effort, before Mehdi Benatia's close-range volley gave them a 3-0 half-time lead.
Close-season signing Gervinho scored his second of the match just past the hour mark, and Adem Ljajic completed the rout in the closing stages.
With the win, Rudi Garcia's men leapfrogged Napoli and Juventus back into first place in the table.
Roma head coach Rudi Garcia was pleased to see his side play with "joy and enthusiasm".
"There is no such thing as a perfect team in football, as there is always something to improve," he said.
"The players went out there with joy and enthusiasm. We know there are big talents in this squad and we saw them here."