Hart shines as Torino ruins Totti's party
Milan - England goalkeeper Joe Hart answered his critics with a standout performance as Torino dampened Francesco Totti's upcoming birthday celebrations with a 3-1 win over Roma on Sunday.
Roma travelled to Turin looking to close a five-point gap to leader Juventus after the champion scraped a 1-0 win at Palermo on Saturday.
But Andrea Belotti's eighth-minute opener, the striker's header beating Wojciech Szczesny at his near post, had Luciano Spalletti's men under pressure from the off.
The Giallorossi heads dropped further when Iago Falque beat the Polish international from the spot on 53 minutes.
Roma was given brief hope of a fightback when Totti, who will celebrate his 40th birthday on Tuesday, came off the bench to beat Hart from the penalty spot two minutes later.
But any hopes of a late fightback were quashed when Falque capitalised on a defensive blunder to fire a deflected shot over Szczesny halfway through the second stanza.
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