Juventus' Carlos Tevez (R) celebrates with teammate Leonardo Bonucci after scoring against AS Roma during their Italian Serie A soccer match at the Olympic stadium in Rome March 2, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

Juventus, missing central midfielders Andrea Pirlo and Paul Pogba through injury, were thoroughly unambitious and content to sit back and defend for most of the first half.

The hosts, meanwhile, had drawn six of their seven league matches since the Christmas break and their lack of confidence was palpable.

Roma, faced with an eight-man defence, showed little urgency and the first half ended without a single shot on target, a complete contrast to the season's previous meeting which ended in a dramatic, controversial 3-2 win for Juventus.

Juventus were more dangerous on the break and Vidal nearly put them ahead at the start of the second half when his angled shot was centimetres wide of the post.

Tevez finally brought the game to life with a majestic free kick which Pirlo would have been proud of.

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was finally forced to make a save in the 72nd minute when he got down to block Konstantinos Manolas' header.

Roma suddenly found some much-needed spark and levelled when Alessandro Florenzi's free kick was met by Keita with a downward header which Claudio Marchisio got to but was unable to keep out.