Daniele De Rossi's last-gasp equaliser handed Roma a share of the spoils from a 1-1 draw in their Serie A game at Catania.
The Sicilian outfit thought they had claimed their first triumph of the campaign courtesy of Takayuki Morimoto's first-half goal, only for De Rossi to ruin the party deep in stoppage time.
Catania finished the game a man light after substitute Gennaro Delvecchio was handed his marching orders for dissent soon after Roma restored parity.
The Giallorossi went into th! e encounter at the Angelo Massimino Stadium on the back of a 3-3 draw at Palermo in midweek.
Catania coach Gianluca Atzori decided to give Morimoto a starting place despite the striker having missed a hatful of chances in their goalless draw at Atalanta on Wednesday.
The Japanese striker, who scored a brace to hand Catania a 3-2 home triumph over Roma last season, made amends.
Morimoto had the first chance of the game early on, with his right-footed effort from the edge of the area deflected out for a corner by the feet of Roma goalkeeper Julio Sergio.
After 11 minutes, Julio Sergio did well to come off his line and anticipate Morimoto who was ready to fire from Adrian Ricchiuti's assist.
Roma coach Claudio Ranieri was forced to make his first substitution shortly after with Juan replacing an injured Philippe Mexes.
It took 20 minutes for the visitors to test Catania goalkeeper Mariano Andujar.
John Arne Riise's powerful free! -kick was met by a fine save from Andujar.
At the other! end, Ju lio Sergio had to dive to his right to clear Ciro Capuano's stinging drive from the distance.
Midway through the first half, Catania broke the deadlock.
Julio Sergio parried Alessandro Potenza's cross but only as far as Morimoto, who fired from close range into the back of the net.
The Romans suffered another setback shortly after, with Marco Cassetti sustaining an injury and being replaced by Marco Motta.
Shortly after the half-hour mark, Andujar did well to anticipate Simone Perrotta inside the area after he was played in by Motta.
Roma should have equalised in the 40th minute but Daniele De Rossi's header from Perrotta's cross went high and wide.
On the stroke of half-time, Julio Sergio palmed Capuano's right-footed effort over the bar.
Roma looked to get back in the game after the restart but continued to struggle to break Catania's well-placed defence.
Riise tried his luck from the distance but his effort proved an! easy catch for Andujar.
After 72 minutes, Julio Sergio did well to palm Giuseppe Mascara's strike over the crossbar having taken a deflection from De Rossi.
Five minutes later, Roma had a great chance to restore parity as Totti picked out Vucinic with a fine pass, but the Montenegrin striker fired just wide of the far post.
Just when Catania thought they had secured all three points, Roma struck.
The hosts failed to clear a Roma corner and the ball fell to De Rossi, who fired from close range past Andujar.
