Two goals in three minutes made it 3-1 to Genoa. The first came through Darko Lazovic, who was found at the edge of the box before turning home.

Goalscorer Lazovic provided the assist for the third, crossing the ball for Antonio Sanabria to head home.

The result leaves Empoli just three points above the relegation zone, having lost four out of their last five matches and they are without a win in the league since December 9.

ga('create', 'UA-72310761-1', 'auto', {'name': 'pacontentapi'});
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'referrer', location.origin);
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension1', 'By Press Association Sport staff');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension2', '5d61fcda-df5a-4b1a-b63f-9bb4f0ff1b8e');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension3', 'paservice:sport,paservice:sport:football,paservice:sport:match-reports,paservice:sport:world');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension6', 'story');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension7', 'composite');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension8', null);
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension9', 'sport:football');
ga('pacontentapi.send', 'pageview', { 'location': location.href, 'page': (location.pathname + location.search + location.hash), 'title': 'Genoa secure comfortable win against struggling Empoli'});