Juventus secured a 2-1 victory at bottom of the team Monza with goals in the first half of Weston McKennie And Nicolas Gonzalez Sunday to end a run of four draws in Serie A.
The result leaves Juve in sixth place with 31 points, nine behind the leaders. Atalantawho beat Empoli 3-2, while Monza remains on 10 points, five points from the safety zone.
Turin’s victory extended their unbeaten league run to 25 matches, the longest streak among Europe’s five major leagues, but 10 draws left them trailing in the title race.
Juve struck first after a dangerous scrum that Monza barely managed to clear on the line before failing to score from the ensuing corner as McKennie volleyed home after 14 minutes.
Samuel Birindelli equalized for Monza eight minutes later after crossing a cross perfectly to fire the ball into the bottom corner for his first Serie A goal.
The strike had an ironic twist as Samuele is the son of Alessandro Birindelli, a former Juventus player who made 305 appearances for the club, winning three league titles.
The visitors regained the lead six minutes before the break when a cross led to a scrambled Monza clearance inside the area and Gonzalez reacted quickly to fire on goal.
Juve coach Thiago Motta had a problem at half-time when the midfielder Teun Koopmeiners had to be replaced by Khafre Thuram after apparently having a thigh problem.
The second half was less intense but the striker visits Kenan Yildiz scored a late header which was parried from close range by the Monza keeper Stefano Turati.
