Things are certainly looking up on the red side of the River Tiber, as AS Roma find themselves sitting pretty on the top of Serie A.

The giallorossi beat Sampdoria last night to stay at the summit and the 2 - 0 away win means that Rudi Garcia's team have won all five of their league matches this season.

A tilt at the Scudetto is likely to be out of reach for Roma this season, particularly with Juventus and Napoli waiting in the wings.

But if Roma can keep scoring superb goals like last night's effort from Mehdi Benatia, then all is possible.

The Moroccan centre-back slalomed his way through a pack of Sampdoria defenders before beating the goalkeeper to open the scoring.

It was a peach of a goal and you can watch it below. 

Hat-tip to Newstalk news reporter and fervent Roma fan Richard Chambers.