Tammy Abraham earned Roma a point with the leveller in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Juventus on Paulo Dybala's return to his old stomping ground.
England international Abraham headed in his first goal of the season from Dybala's knock-down midway through the second half at the Allianz Stadium to maintain an unbeaten start for Jose Mourinho's side.
Roma escaped Turin with a result despite being second best for much of the match and Dusan Vlahovic putting Juve ahead with a stunning free-kick with barely a minute on the clock.
And Manuel Locatelli's superb strike being disallowed for handball also gave Roma the chance to gain the draw which joins them with local rivals Lazio and Torino on seven points at the top of the league after the latter beat promoted Cremonese 2-1 in Saturday's other early game.
Champions AC Milan can move level with that trio should they beat Bologna in one of two late matches.
"It was a difficult match, we're happy with the draw because we had to fight all game," said Abraham to DAZN.
"Give credit to Juve, they're a good team. In the first half we weren't up to it, but in the second half we were better... We're happy we haven't lost yet."
The good result at a place Roma have an awful record masks an overall poor performance from both the team and Dybala on his first appearance at Juve since leaving as a free agent in the summer.
The Argentina forward won five Serie A titles and four Italian Cups in seven years at the Turin giants and was warmly applauded by home supporters before the match.
However there were some boos and whistles from the stands when he was eventually substituted with 12 minutes remaining having helped take two points from his old team despite a collective first-half performance blasted by Mourinho as "not good enough".