January 07, (THEWILL) — Juventus returned to winning ways in Serie A on Tuesday evening with a convincing three-goal victory against Sassuolo.
The result lifted Luciano Spalletti’s side back into the top four and reduced the gap to league leaders Inter to three points, though the Milanese club hold two matches in hand.
The opening goal arrived in the 16th minute when Tarik Muharemovic turned Pierre Kalulu’s delivery from the right flank into his own net.
Sassuolo goalkeeper Arijanet Muric then produced a string of saves to deny Jonathan David and Kenan Yildiz before the interval, keeping his side within touching distance.
Juventus extended their advantage just past the hour mark through Fabio Miretti, who finished calmly after being played through by David’s clever reverse ball.
David himself added a third barely sixty seconds later, intercepting Jay Idzes’ misjudged pass before rounding Muric to claim his second goal of the campaign.
Michele Di Gregorio maintained a clean sheet with late saves from Nicholas Pierini and Luca Lipani.
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