Serie A: Juventus fight back to earn draw against Bologna after Dusan Vlahovic headed equaliser, Genoa down Lazio

Juventus fought back to earn a point in a 1-1 home draw against Bologna on Sunday evening thanks to Dusan Vlahovic's late header.

Juve had kicked off their Serie A campaign with a 3-0 win away to Udinese but looked bereft of any such attacking quality for over an hour in this match.

In the 24th minute, Joshua Zirkzee's excellent hold-up play gave Lewis Ferguson the chance to shoot from the edge of the box and the Scot rifled his attempt into the bottom corner to give the visitors the lead.

Bologna benefited from some calamitous miscommunication in the Juve backline that led to Alex Sandro and Bremer colliding painfully with each other.

Four minutes later, there was almost a repeat as Zirkzee once again pulled the ball out of the air and laid it off for Ferguson, but this time the shot sliced just wide of Mattia Perin's goal.

At half-time, the hosts had dominated the ball but done precious little with it. They had produced only four shots. Of those, two had been blocked and the other two from optimistically long range.

Shortly after the restart, Juventus seemed to be level after Vlahovic's close-range header following good work from Alex Sandro and Bremer, but it was ruled out for offside.

As the second half kicked off, Juve dominated the ball even more than they had before the break. A quarter-hour into the second period, Juve had held over 80% of the ball.

The introduction of Paul Pogba in the 66th minute made a big difference to Juve's penetration as they finally broke down Bologna's defence with 10 minutes to play.

Pogba played the ball down the left wing for fellow substitute Samuel Iling-Junior who swung in a lovely cross towards Vlahovic. The Serbian No. 9 leapt up and powered his header down into the bottom corner to level the scores.

From that point, Juventus continued to pile forward and looked reinvigorated by their equaliser.

In the second of seven minutes of stoppage time, Bologna gave the hosts a few late scares but it remained level.

Bologna, who started their season off with a 2-0 home defeat against Milan, will be pleased to get their first point but ultimately disappointed that it wasn't three.

Elsewhere, Fiorentina and Lecce played out an exciting 2-2 draw in Florence. Nico Gonzalez headed the home side into the lead from a third-minute corner.

Ghana midfielder Alfred Duncan doubled their lead with a close-range header after an excellent piece of pass-and-move football in the 25th minute.

Hamza Rafia got Lecce back into the game in the 49th minute, capitalising as Fiorentina dawdled on the ball in midfield to seize possession and play it forward. Receiving the return pass, Rafia smashed his shot beyond Oliver Christensen in the Fiorentina goal.

Nikola Krstovic then headed Lecce level with 15 minutes to play. The Montenegrin was making his debut after signing from Slovak side Dunajska Streda earlier this month.

The two sides remain unbeaten after impressive starts to the season.

Later in the evening. Lazio were beaten by Genoa after a 16th-minute strike from Mateo Retegui. The win lifts the away side into 11th with their first points of the season, while Lazio are 18th after their second defeat from two matches this season.

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