Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench to score a late equaliser as 10-man Juventus salvaged a 2-2 draw at Atalanta on Wednesday to move nine points clear of Napoli at the top of Serie A.<\/p>\n
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri decided to rest Ronaldo as the former Real Madrid man did not start a league game for the first time since moving to Italy, but the 33-year-old was needed to level in the 78th minute after Duvan Zapata\u2019s double had put the hosts in front following Berat Djimsiti\u2019s own goal.<\/p>\n
Everything appeared to be going to plan for Juve when they grabbed the lead in only the second minute when Atalanta centre-back Djimsiti completely miskicked Alex Sandro\u2019s deflected cross into his own net.<\/p>\n
But Zapata put a spanner in the Juve works with a fantastic individual goal midway through the first half, spinning centre-back Leonardo Bonucci with ease before drilling a left-footed strike into the far corner.<\/p>\n
Douglas Costa fired wide just after the half-hour mark as the visitors looked to restore their advantage, but the Turin giants were reduced to 10 men eight minutes after half-time when Rodrigo Bentancur was shown a second yellow card for a poor tackle on Timothy Castagne.<\/p>\n
Colombian striker Zapata wasted little time in making Bentancur pay, bundling in from almost on the goalline to put Atalanta ahead and score his ninth league goal of the season.<\/p>\n
The seven-time European champions have now failed to score in four consecutive league games for the first time since 1984, managing three goalless stalemates in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m the captain of this ship, so it\u2019s only right that I take all the responsibility. It\u2019s important for me to understand how to make my players play their best, because right now they\u2019re performing below their ability.\u201cThere\u2019s no calmness and they look nervous, that\u2019s what I need to think about. As for the rest, anything can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Milan slipped to sixth, behind fourth-placed Lazio by three points in the race for Champions League qualification.Capital club Lazio won 2-0 at Bologna, while Sampdoria leapfrogged Milan into fifth by seeing off rock-bottom Chievo 2-0.<\/p>\n
Milan have said they will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after UEFA threatened to ban them from European competition for a season if they do not break even by June 2021.The club won a previous appeal to CAS earlier this year, following a Europa League ban for breaching Financial Fair Play regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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