Juventus looked set to slip to defeat against Lazio at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday, but rescued themselves thanks to an unlikely source.
Pierre Kalulu struck deep into stoppage time to rescue Juventus a dramatic 2–2 draw against Lazio at the Allianz Stadium, as the hosts battled back from two goals down.
The defender headed home in the 96th minute to complete a late comeback for the Bianconeri, who looked set for defeat after a clinical display from the visitors.
Juventus nearly opened the scoring early on, but Ivan Provedel denied Bremer with a fine save, while Teun Koopmeiners’ low strike was ruled out after Khephren Thuram was flagged offside in the build-up.
Despite Juve’s early pressure, Lazio struck first in first-half stoppage time. Daniel Maldini dispossessed Manuel Locatelli in midfield and fed Pedro, whose effort took a deflection off Bremer before finding the net.
The visitors doubled their advantage just two minutes after the restart. A swift counter-attack ended with Gustav Isaksen beating Michele Di Gregorio from a tight angle to make it 2–0.
Juventus pushed forward in response, with Kenan Yildiz and Edon Zhegrova both denied by Provedel before the hosts finally pulled one back in the 59th minute. Weston McKennie rose highest to head in Andrea Cambiaso’s cross.
The American midfielder thought he had equalised later on, but his second goal was disallowed for offside.
At the other end, substitute Tijjani Noslin missed a golden chance to seal the result for Lazio when he fired over the bar on the break.
That miss proved costly, as Juventus found their leveller in the sixth minute of stoppage time.
Jeremie Boga delivered a cross into the box and Kalulu powered home a header to salvage a point.
The draw preserved Juventus’ unbeaten home run in Serie A this season, although they had to work hard to avoid defeat.
Lazio, meanwhile, missed out on what would have been their first league double over the Bianconeri since the 1942–43 campaign.
Pedro’s opener came on his 150th Serie A appearance, all of which have been made since turning 34, making him just the fourth foreign player to reach that milestone in the three-points-per-win era.
Juventus’ comeback was driven by McKennie, who has now scored seven goals in all competitions since Luciano Spalletti’s arrival, more than any other Serie A midfielder in that period.
The hosts also dominated the attacking numbers, finishing with an expected goals tally of 2.84 from 34 shots, compared to Lazio’s 1.06 from nine attempts.
