ROME (AP) " Lazio fell to a 1-0 loss at home to Genoa and missed the chance to move fourth in Serie A on Monday after playing most of the match in 10 men.
The capital side remained sixth following a second successive defeat, two points and a place above Genoa, which arrested its slide down the table with its first win in eight rounds.
"Results aren't going our way at the moment," Lazio coach Stefano Pioli said. "I can't reproach the lads at all for their performances. Now's the moment to be united and to believe in what we are doing because we have good qualities.
"It was a balanced match, we had 10 players but we could still have drawn. I'm upset for the team because they wanted to forget last Sunday's defeat at Cesena, but we come out of this with a lot of determination."
The match turned shortly before the half-hour mark when Lazio goalkeeper Federico Marchetti was sent off following a rash challenge on M'Baye Niang.