David ends goal drought as Juventus beats Sassuolo
Baku, January 7, AZERTAC
Juventus ensured it remained in the top four in Serie A as quick-fire goals from Fabio Miretti and Jonathan David helped it to a 3-0 win over Sassuolo, beIN Sports reported.
It saw Luciano Spalletti's team bounce back from its draw with Lecce last time out, putting it within three points of leader Inter, which has two games in hand.
Juventus opened the scoring in the 16th minute when Pierre Kalulu's cross from the right was diverted into his own net by the unfortunate Tarik Muharemovic from inside the box.
David then saw a tame effort comfortably saved by Arijanet Muric before the Sassuolo goalkeeper was on hand to deny Juventus talisman Kenan Yildiz twice in quick succession.
But Juventus doubled its lead just after the hour when David's neat reverse pass sent Miretti through on goal, with the Italian staying composed before finishing into the net.
A minute later, the Bianconeri sealed the win through David, who capitalised on Jay Idzes's poor bass pack before rounding Muric to score his second goal of the season.
Michele Di Gregorio preserved his clean sheet late on as he palmed away Nicholas Pierini's free-kick, with Luca Lipani also drawing a fine stop from the Juventus goalkeeper.
Earlier in the day, Roma ensured it also kept pace with the front-runners in the division after a comfortable 2-0 victory over Lecce at Stadio Ettore Giardiniero.
Evan Ferguson fired Roma into a 14th-minute lead after collecting Paulo Dybala's deflected pass on the edge of the box before firing a low drive beyond Wladimiro Falcone.
After Ferguson was substituted on the hour, his replacement, Artem Dovbyk, sealed all three points 19 minutes from time with a left-footed finish from Niccolo Pisilli's centre.
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