Malen opened the score in the fourth minute and was given a yellow card for a doelpoging with his arm. However, he was able to score his second goal in the 23rd minute with a fine wippertje. The 27-year-old Oranje-international also assisted in the third and fourth goals, setting up Matías Soulé and Rodrigo Mora for their respective scores. In the final ten minutes, Malen was substituted off the pitch, allowing his compatriot Marten de Roon to debut for Roma. De Roon, the former Atalanta captain, was reunited with trainer Gian Piero Gasperini. Voetbal International reports that Roma now leads the Serie A table with a six-point advantage over Internazionale, AC Milan, Juventus, and Lazio, who all have the same number of points but a less impressive goal difference.