Jose Mourinho’s side thought they were set to move four points behind fourth-placed Atalanta, who drew at Genoa on Tuesday, when Eldor Shomurodov drilled home the opener in the 72nd minute.

But Manolo Gabbiadini snatched a point with his fifth goal in as many matches eight minutes later to move Samp nine points clear of the relegation zone and leave Roma sixth on 32 points.

The capital club are level with Fiorentina who sit seventh after only managing a draw at Verona, a match which featured two of the league’s most in-form strikers in Dusan Vlahovic and Giovanni Simeone.

However it was Kevin Lasagna who opened the scoring for Verona in the 17th minute when he collected Gianluca Caprari’s through ball and slipped home a neat near-post finish, only for Gaetano Castrovilli to level with a diving header nine minutes from the end.