Roma 1-2 Juventus Maurizio Sarri's champions go top with win

Roma 1-2 Juventus

Reigning champions Juventus seized their opportunity to edge two points clear of Inter Milan in the Serie A title race with victory over Roma.

Maurizio Sarri's side struck twice in the opening 10 minutes, as Merih Demiral met Paulo Dybala's free-kick before Dybala then earned a penalty which Cristiano Ronaldo duly converted.

Roma responded in the second half through Diego Perotti's spot-kick.

Antonio Conte's Inter were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Atalanta on Saturday.

Meanwhile, third-placed Lazio recorded a 10th consecutive Serie A win against Napoli to sit six points behind Juventus with a game in hand.

Ronaldo's ninth goal in seven games appeared to have put Juventus in firm control in a first half overshadowed by a serious-looking injury to 20-year-old Roma midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo, following a challenge by Matthijs de Ligt.

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But Paulo Fonseca's hosts produced a reaction after the interval, striker Edin Dzeko hitting the post moments before a video assistant referee review found Sandro to have handled amid a goalmouth scramble.

With the Stadio Olimpico roaring Roma on, Juve's Gonzalo Higuain had a goal disallowed for offside while Aleksandar Kolarov missed an excellent headed opportunity to equalise.

Juve held on despite late pressure to record a fourth successive league win since suffering a first defeat of the season against Lazio in December.

Roma 1:2 Juventus

Perotti (68'minutes pen)— Demiral (3'minutes), Cristiano Ronaldo (10'minutes pen)

Roma

  • 13 López
  • 24 Florenzi Booked at 90mins
  • 23 Mancini Booked at 26mins
  • 6 Smalling
  • 11 Kolarov Booked at 15mins
  • 42 Diawara
  • 21 Veretout Booked at 9mins; Substituted for Cristanteat 66'minutes; Booked at 82mins
  • 22 Zaniolo Substituted for Ünderat 36'minutes
  • 7 Pellegrini
  • 8 Perotti Substituted for N Kalinicat 82'minutes; Booked at 83mins
  • 9 Dzeko

Substitutes

  • 4 Cristante
  • 5 Nunes Jesus
  • 15 Cetin
  • 17 Ünder
  • 19 N Kalinic
  • 33 da Silva Peres
  • 37 Spinazzola
  • 63 Cerantola Fuzato
  • 83 Mirante

Juventus

  • 1 Szczesny
  • 16 Ju Cuadrado Booked at 45mins
  • 28 Demiral Substituted for de Ligtat 19'minutes; Booked at 32mins
  • 19 Bonucci
  • 12 Lobo Silva
  • 25 Rabiot
  • 5 Pjanic Booked at 12mins
  • 8 Ramsey Substituted for Daniloat 69'minutes
  • 14 Matuidi
  • 10 Dybala Substituted for Higuaínat 69'minutes
  • 7 Cristiano Ronaldo

Substitutes

  • 2De Sciglio
  • 4 de Ligt
  • 11 Douglas Costa
  • 13 Danilo
  • 20 Pjaca
  • 21 Higuaín
  • 23 Can
  • 24 Rugani
  • 31 Pinsoglio
  • 33 Bernardeschi
  • 77 Buffon

Referee: Marco Guida

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