Juventus 2-1 Bologna: Ronaldo goal helps Juventus extend Serie A lead
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Cristiano Ronaldo assisted Juventus extend their lead at the top of Serie A because they saw off the challenge of Bologna at Turin.
But they wanted their recalled 41-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to earn a late rescue from Federico Santander kick.
Ronaldo was presented with a top before kick-off to mark his career goal last week and he notched his 701st producing a stepover that was quick to find a clinical finish and half a yard into the bottom corner.
Bologna hit back seven minutes later as the corner was picked out by centre-back Danilo from the border of the region with a.
The side of sinisa Mihajlovic contained that in the home sides legendary forward lineup and also appeared unruffled by Juventus.
Veteran Argentine striker Rodrigo Palacio jeopardized in behind Leonardo Bonucci onto numerous occasions but could not discover a way to examine Buffon.
And, afterwards a Ronaldo header had been saved well from by Lukasz Skorupski, a introduced Miralem Pjanic with the chance to stroke Juventus back and the home team took charge.
Skorupski pulled two stunning saves to deny Gonzalo Higuain before maintaining the ferocious strike in the final 10 minutes of Ronaldo out, a deserved target.
After Palacio shot was latched onto by Riccardo Orsolini, bologna might have levelled from nothing but he bumped terribly broad with the goal at his mercy.
Since the game entered stoppage time, Juventus survived a VAR penalty inspection against guardian Matthijs de Ligt Buffon struck the bar and thwarted Bologna substitute Santander before.
Juventus held out and moved four points clear of Inter Milan in the top of Serie A.
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