- Morata helped Juventus come from behind to beat Lazio 3-1 in Serie A.
Reuters, Turin
PUBLISHED ON MAR 07, 2021 08:58 AM IST
Two objectives from Alvaro Morata helped Juventus come from behind to beat Lazio 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday, closing the hole on leaders Inter Milan to seven factors. Joaquin Correa capitalised on an underhit backpass from Juve’s Dejan Kulusevski earlier than ending nicely to present the guests a shock 14th-minute lead.
With Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench, the champions struggled to create any actual openings till Adrien Rabiot scored a uncommon Serie A purpose, firing into the roof of the online from a decent angle six minutes earlier than the break to stage.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic virtually put Lazio again forward however was denied by the crossbar, and Juve capitalised by edging forward by means of a effective Morata end within the 57th minute. Three minutes later, Morata slotted dwelling from the penalty spot after Aaron Ramsey had been fouled to verify of a win that moved Juve on to 52 factors, one behind AC Milan.
Milan and Inter are in motion on Sunday and Monday respectively. A 3rd defeat in 4 league video games dented Lazio’s top-four hopes, with Simone Inzaghi’s males down in seventh on 43 factors, six behind fourth-placed Atalanta.
