Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice and gets an assist as Juventus ease past Udinese in Serie A
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Published 03/01/2021 at 23:18 GMT
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice and grabbed an assist as Juventus eased to victory over Udinese in their first game of 2021. Federico Chiesa and Paulo Dybala also netted for the defending Serie A champions.
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring for Juventus
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Cristiano Ronaldo played a starring role as Juventus kicked off the new year with a comfortable 4-1 win over Udinese.
The 35-year-old opened the scoring with a trademark drive, after latching on to Aaron Ramsey's pass, in the 31st minute, before threading a perfect through ball into the path of Federico Chiesa to score Juve's second goal four minutes into the second half.
The VAR had a busy evening in Turin. First, the referee was asked to consult the pitch-side monitor before ruling out what Udinese thought was the opener for a handball early on, before Aaron Ramsey suffered the same fate when he was penalised for handball, after a second look.
Ronaldo's second goal put the result beyond any doubt as he took his goal tally to 14 league goals for the season - two more than anyone else in Serie A - in the 70th minute, with Marvin Zeegelaar scoring a injury-time consolation for Udinese.
There was still time for Paulo Dybala to score another goal for Juventus as Andrea Pirlo's side moved 10 points behind leaders AC Milan, with a game in hand, while Udinese drop to 13th and are without a win in their last four games.
Additional reporting by Reuters
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