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Higuain scores brace as Juve see off Empoli
MILAN: Gonzalo Higuain hit a brace to help Juventus cement top spot in Serie A with a 3-0 win away at Empoli on Sunday.
MILAN: Gonzalo Higuain hit a brace to help Juventus cement top spot in Serie A with a 3-0 win away at Empoli on Sunday.
Massimiliano Allegri’s men travelled to the Carlo Castellani stadium, where the hosts’ best result against the Bianconeri was a scoreless draw in 2008, confident of ensuring that they would remain on top of the table going into the international break.
Yet the Turin giants missed a host of first-half chances before Argentine striker Paulo Dybala finally broke the deadlock on 65 minutes with a close-range strike.
It opened the floodgates, Higuain pouncing on Mario Lemina’s precision pass only two minutes later to beat Lukasz Skorupski from the edge of the box.
Three minutes after that, the Argentine cheekily dispossessed Marco Zambelli yards from the Empoli goal to round the Polish ‘keeper for his second of the day.
DORTMUND LOSE AT LEVERKUSEN
BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund were unable to capitalise on Bayern Munich’s rare slip as they lost 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.
Dortmund were surprisingly toothless as they conceded one goal in each half to slump to their second loss of the season at Leverkusen and drop to third on 12, level with fourth-placed Cologne.
CAVANI STARS IN PSG WIN; MONACO HIT SEVEN
PARIS: Edinson Cavani was at his clinical best on Saturday with a first-half brace as Paris Saint-Germain eased to a 2-0 victory over Bordeaux.
Meanwhile, Leonardo Jardim’s Monaco scored seven goals at Metz to return to the top of Ligue 1.
