Sampdoria had the better of most of this game, but needed the last kick of the game to grab an equaliser against Palermo.

The Blucerchiati had started the season so well and then plummeted to four consecutive defeats. Carlos Carbonero and Daniel Pavlovic missed out, with summer signing Dennis Praet benched and Edgar Barreto back from his ban. The Sicilians were without Robin Quaison, Carlos Embalo and Aleksandar Trajkovski, using a new 3-4-3 formation.

Samp started aggressively, as Josip Posavec got down well to palm a Luis Muriel daisy-cutter round the post and on the resulting corner Fabio Quagliarella was denied by a goal-line clearance.

Muriel turned Edoardo Goldaniga inside out to drill on to the side-netting, while Oscar Hiljemark and Ilija Nestorovski finishing left something to be desired.

Quagliarella’s pull-back surprised Posavec, but Cionek got back in time to stop Muriel tapping into an empty net.

Barreto was on the end of a corner at the back post, heading it downwards, but Posavec still somehow managed to parry it on to the upright.

Palermo goalkeeper Posavec caused a problem in first half stoppages with a weak clearance charged down by Quagliarella, but made up for it by scrambling over to parry the Muriel follow-up.

Ricky Alvarez’s free kick was turned off target by Skriniar, then he went for goal himself and drilled just wide. Posavec continued to keep Palermo in the game by sticking out his foot to deny another Muriel strike.

However, the Sicilians took the lead against the run of play, as Aleesami won back possession, went on the counter and rolled across for Nestorovski to finish. It was too easy for the striker, as Skriniar slipped to leave him totally unmarked.

Bruno Fernandes came sliding in at the back post, inches away from meeting the Muriel assist. Muriel had penalty appeals, but his flick seemed to hit Goldaniga on the shoulder.

Alessandro Gazzi saw red late on for a second bookable offence on the edge of his own area on Torreira.

Samp kept pushing, as Posavec palmed a Skriniar header over the crossbar, but the equaliser finally arrived with the last kick of the game.

A clearance bounced on the edge of the box and Bruno Fernandes hit a rocket on the volley into the roof of the net, giving Posavec no chance.