{"id":20822,"date":"2021-01-11T10:38:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T11:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=20822"},"modified":"2021-01-11T12:01:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T12:01:19","slug":"juventus-beat-10-man-sassuolo-to-move-fourth-in-serie-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=20822","title":{"rendered":"Juventus beat 10-man Sassuolo to move fourth in Serie A"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Milan: Champions Juventus battled to a 3-1 victory over 10-man Sassuolo to close the gap on the top three in Serie A on Sunday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrea Pirlo’s side won their third straight league match for the first time this season to move fourth, seven points behind leaders AC Milan with a game in hand.<\/p>\n

“It was important to give continuity and win tonight, because otherwise the match played on Wednesday at San Siro was useless,” said Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo whose side ended Milan’s 27-match unbeaten run midweek.<\/p>\n

Sassuolo played the entire second half a man down after Pedro Obiang saw red for a dangerous challenge on Federico Chiesa.<\/p>\n

Defender Danilo put Juventus ahead in the 50th minute when he fired home his first goal of the season.<\/p>\n

But seven minutes later Sassuolo pulled level with Gregoire Defrel brilliantly finishing off a Hamed Junior Traore through ball.<\/p>\n

Substitute Aaron Ramsey gave Juventus the advantage again eight minutes from time when he tapped in a Gianluca Frabotta cross to claim his first goal of the campaign.<\/p>\n

Cristiano\u00a0Ronaldo\u00a0completed the scoring deep into injury time, rifling in his 15th league goal this term.<\/p>\n

“It was a painful match, badly managed after our advantage, but the important thing was winning even if we were a little disorganised,” added Pirlo.<\/p>\n

It was a bruising clash for the reigning champions, who are chasing their 10th title in a row, as they lost forward Paulo Dybala and Weston McKennie to injury in the first half.<\/p>\n

Midfielder McKennie pulled up after 18 minutes with a muscle problem and was replaced by Welsh international Ramsey.<\/p>\n

Dybala was substituted three minutes before the break after receiving treatment for a knock to his left knee, with Swede Dejan Kulusevski coming on in his place.<\/p>\n

Juve are already without Alex Sandro, Juan Cuadrado and Matthijs de Ligt who tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n

There was also a scare for forward Chiesa, who was left screaming in pain and clutching his left ankle following Obiang’s tackle.<\/p>\n

But Alvaro Morata returned from injury, coming on for the final minutes of the game for his first outing in 2021.<\/p>\n

“McKennie had a slight muscular problem yesterday and he felt it again when he lifted his leg for a back-heel kick, but hopefully nothing serious,” said Pirlo.<\/p>\n

“Dybala has a collateral ligament problem that we will evaluate better in the next few days.”<\/p>\n

Sassuolo drop to seventh after their third loss in five games.<\/p>\n

Juventus play second-placed Inter Milan in the San Siro next weekend in what could be one of the defining clashes of the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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