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In an eventful game at the Mapei Stadium, the Giallorossi took the lead on the stroke of half-time thanks to Tammy Abraham's calmly struck penalty - only for Hamed Traore to score twice in the second half to put the hosts on top.
A red card for Gian Marco Ferrari left Sassuolo down to 10 men and facing a nervy final 10 minutes; although it took Cristante until injury time to steer a near post header over the goalline.
Jose Mourinho's side are back in action next Saturday - they host Hellas Verona at the Stadio Olimpico.
SASSUOLO 2-2 ROMA
SCORERS: Traore (47', 73'); Abraham (45'), Cristante (90')
SASSUOLO (4-3-3): Consigli; Muldur, Chiriches, Ferrari, Kyriakopoulos; Frattesi (Tressoldi), Maxime Lopez, Matheus Henrique (Harroui); Berardi, Defrel (Ayhan), Traorè
ROMA (3-5-2): Rui Patricio; Mancini (Veretout), Smalling, Kumbulla; Karsdorp (Perez), Mkhitaryan, Sergio Oliveira (Cristante), Pellegrini, Vina (Maitland-Niles); Afena Gyan (Shomurodov), Abraham
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