Lazio thought they’d won it with a controversial penalty when completing the comeback, but Ricky Saponara’s astonishing flick rescued a Sampdoria point.

It was an extraordinary 2-2 draw at the Stadio Olimpico, the Aquile’s fourth consecutive stalemate.

Fabio Quagliarella had opened the scoring by meeting a Nicola Murru low cross at the back post, but the hosts equalised after a long fightback through Francesco Acerbi.

Lazio thought they’d won it with a controversial penalty when completing the comeback, but Ricky Saponara’s astonishing flick rescued a Sampdoria point.

It was an extraordinary 2-2 draw at the Stadio Olimpico, the Aquile’s fourth consecutive stalemate.

Fabio Quagliarella had opened the scoring by meeting a Nicola Murru low cross at the back post, but the hosts equalised after a long fightback through Francesco Acerbi.

Immobile converted a penalty awarded for a dubious Joachim Andersen handling offence at the 96th minute and seemed to have won the game.

However, substitute Saponara had another twist in the tale with an acrobatic, Zlatan Ibrahimovic-esque mid-air flick to float the ball over Thomas Strakosha and equalise at the 99th minute.

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