Dzeko’s scoreless run extended to eight matches in all competitions for Roma, who consolidated top spot in Serie A with a 3-1 win over Udinese on Wednesday.
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“The goals will come for Edin – I’m not at all anxious about that”, said Garcia, whose Roma stayed two points clear of Napoli at the summit.
Goals from Miralem Pjanic, Maicon and Gervinho had finished the game as a contest before Cyril Thereau’s consolation goal for Stefano Colantuono’s men.
Roma visit Inter Milan on Saturday ahead of the capital derby against Lazio.
Lucas Biglia had given Lazio the lead, but Dusan Basta’s own goal gifted Atalanta a way back into the game, before Gomez sealed all three points in the 86th minute.
Radja Nainggolan found Maicon in an advanced position on the right flank and his driven ball across the penalty area was coolly turned in by Pjanic for his fifth Serie A goal of the season.
Milan recorded a second straight win by beating Chievo 1-0, Frosinone beat Carpi 2-1 in a relegation dogfight and Torino served up a thriller against Genoa with a dramatic 3-3 draw.
Just six minutes later Maicon went on another raid down the right and after gliding through a few abject defending the Brazilian fired past Orestis Karnezis to double the Giallorossi’s lead.
Things got worse for Juve before halftime when a frustrated Giorgio Chiellini earned himself a second yellow card for hacking down Domenico Berardi.
Elsewhere, Gonzalo Higuain scored once more as Napoli beat Palermo 2-0, whereas Fiorentina triumphed by the identical scoreline at Hellas Verona.
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Fiorentina downed Verona courtesy of a Rafael Marquez own goal and Nikola Kalinic’s sixth league strike of the season.
