Pinamonti's late winner pulls Lazio clear of Inter

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It looked as though Lazio had failed to fully capitalise on Inter's Derby della Madonnina loss to AC Milan, with M'Bala Nzola's goal cancelled out by Gustav Isaksen in the first half.

But just when the spoils appeared likely to be shared, Pinamonti came off the bench to head home late on, with Caglari's misery compounded when Adam Obert was sent off.

Davide Frattesi and Mattia Zaccagni sent tame efforts at Elia Caprile inside the first 20 minutes, but it was Cagliari which stunned the Stadio Olimpico into silence moments later.

Michel Adopo won possession and sent Alieu Fadera on his way, and when his deflected cross off Reda Belahyane fell back to him, his second attempt teed up Nzola to finish at Christos Mandas' near post.

But after seeing Romano Floriani Mussolini head narrowly wide, Lazio got themselves level nine minutes before the break through Isaksen, with his curling left-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area picking out the top-right corner. 

Lazio flexed its muscles after the interval but waS unable to find a way past Caprile, with the Cagliari goalkeeper superbly pushing away Kenneth Taylor's inviting free-kick.

Another teasing set-piece was headed over by Oliver Provstgaard just after the hour, with Taylor then seeing his shot from inside the box whistle narrowly wide of the left post. 

Isaksen's bending effort from the right-hand side just evaded the far post as Lazio pushed for a winner, which eventually came seven minutes from time, though Cagliari felt play should have stopped for a head injury to Alessandro Deiola. 

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru's attempt at goal struck Deiola flush in the face, but referee Andrea Colombo allowed the game to continue, with Alfonso Pedraza's bouncing cross into the area nodded in by Pinamonti, and Cagliari's hopes of a comeback were dashed when Obert received his second yellow card for a trip on Isaksen.