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Keita sees red as Parma throw away two-goal lead

Udinese fought back from two goals down to beat Parma 3-2 and maintain their unbeaten start to Serie after Mandela Keita was sent off 19 minutes into his debut.

Udinese trailed 2-0 at halftime but a header from Lorenzo Lucca and a double from Florian Thauvin took them to the top of the table after four games.

Thing started promisingly for Parma, with a goal after two minutes. Enrico Del Prato poked home from a corner with the Udinese defense static. Ange-Yoan Bonny made it two just before halftime.

Lucca headed home a Hassane Kamara cross to reduce the deficit four minutes into the second half. Thauvin then equalised  when he knocked in a header from Keinan Davis.

Keita's red card in the 73rd minute gave Udinese a huge boost and four minutes later Thauvin scored the winner.

Later, Lazio beat Verona 2-1 in Rome to move to sixth in the table.

Senegalese striker Boulaye Dia scored his fourth goal in four games to put Lazio ahead after five minutes with a low drive.

Verona was level two minutes later when Casper Tengstedt ran on to a long pass from Grigoris Kastanos and slotted home.

But Argentine striker Taty Castellanos bundled the ball home from a corner in the 20th minute to give Lazio all three points.