Lazio 1-1 Juventus: 5 hits and flops as Bianconeri concede a last-gasp equaliser | Serie A 2020-21

Hit: Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus)

Dejan Kulusevski worked really hard on and off the ball for Juventus.

While we're yet to see the kind of magic he weaved for Parma last season, Dejan Kulusevski is slowly but steadily growing in influence at Juventus. something that was pretty evident against Lazio. His spatial intelligence and ball-carrying ability were stupendous; he was the cog that kept the Bianconeri wheel spinning.

Starting on the right-hand side of a three-pronged attack, the young Swede ran rings around Lazio with his pacy runs up and down the flank. He often drove the ball out of tight areas to fashion some good chances on the break while also pressing opposition defenders to give up possession in key areas of the pitch.

Kulusevski's attacking output still leaves a lot to be desired, as he failed to muster a single shot on target. Nevertheless, his hard work and willingness to contribute to the Juventus cause must be appreciated.

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Flop: Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus)

Correa megged Bentancur, as if the latter were a training cone, in the run-up to Lazio's equaliser.

It might sound too harsh to label Rodrigo Bentancur a 'flop' after his solid defensive prowess for much of the game, but he came up short in the most crucial moment of the match, one from which Lazio scored their equaliser. Of course, the Uruguayan isn't the only player to be held responsible for that, but he sure could've done better with blocking Correa.

Bentancur's influence in the match gradually waned in the second half, and he looked wobbly in possession too. Too often when Lazio attempted to break forward, he was found well out of position, leaving everything up to West McKennie, who only came off the bench.

Bentancur clearly had little left in the tank as the match wore on and should've been taken off by Pirlo.

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Hit: Joaquin Correa (Lazio)

Joaquin Correa embarked on a fantastic run to create Caicedo's equaliser.

Without the goalscoring talisman Ciro Immobile, who has been diagnosed with COVID-19, Lazio's job of getting the better of Juventus was always going to be difficult. Even Joaquin Correa, who normally scores in big moments, found it hard to engineer a way past the visitors.

His efforts often lacked the cutting edge as they were blocked or turned behind for corners, but the Argentine pulled a rabbit out of his hat right at the death to set up Caicedo's equaliser. That is why he has been labelled a 'hit' here.

Correa burst into the Juventus box and slalomed past Bentancur and Cuadrado before rounding Adrian Rabiot inside the box to lay set up Caicedo to do the rest. His ball-control in that moment was superb while his dribbles past three Juventus players were something even Lionel Messi would be proud of.