Gonzalo Higuain scored his eighth goal in the last six league games to inspire Serie A leaders Juventus to a 2-0 win at Sassuolo on Sunday while their nearest rivals fumbled. Second-set Roma drove twice before two goals in three minutes sent them to a 3-2 overcome at Sampdoria and Napoli were held 1-1 at home by modest Palermo who were playing their first game under Diego Lopez, their fourth mentor of the season. The Argentine set up Juve’s second when he dispossessed Paolo Cannavaro and gave a low cross which was handed over by Sami Khedira following 25 minutes.
Edin Dzeko’s 66th moment goal seemed to put Roma on course for a win as they drove 2-1 at Sampdoria yet Patrik Schick leveled five minutes after the fact with his first touch of the game, having gone ahead as a substitute minimal over a moment prior.
There was more dramatization two minutes after the fact when Luis Muriel scored the champ with a diverted free kick. “We lacked maturity. We weren’t able to make the most of our possession and we were a little slow at reading the game,” said Roma coach Luciano Spalletti.
Juventus have 51 points from 21 games, with Roma on 47 and Napoli in third on 45. The Turin side also have a game close by as they draw nearer to a sixth consecutive title.
Higuain set Juventus on their way to a comfortable win by stretching out beyond his marker to head in Alex Sandro’s cross following nine minutes, taking his count for the season to fifteen.
Rodrigo de Paul gave Udinese a controversial 2-1 win over AC Milan, scoring the victor subsequent to having escaped a red card for a dangerous test on Mattia De Sciglio moments prior.
De Sciglio was still accepting treatment when De Paul burst down the privilege and beat Gianluigu Donnarumma with a calculated drive.
