Cristiano Ronaldo has marked his 100th game for Juventus with a pair of penalties in a 3-1 success over Genoa, as the champions closed the gap on Serie A leaders AC Milan.
Paulo Dybala got his first league goal of the season in the 57th minute and Ronaldo sealed the points with two late strikes from the spot after Stefano Sturaro had levelled for the hosts after an hour on Sunday.
The Portuguese forward’s strikes have taken him level with AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic as leading scorer in Serie A with 10 goals.
“What could be better than making a double in the 100th match for Juventus?” I am very proud to have achieved this figure at Juventus. But you know, I’m already thinking about how to score 100 goals for Juventus!” Ronaldo wrote on his Twitter.
Champions Juventus move up to fourth in the table, equal on points with third-placed Napoli, after just their second league win away from home this season.
Both Juventus and Napoli are three points behind AC Milan who host Parma later on Sunday.
“Dybala needed this goal to unlock mentally and physically,” said coach Andrea Pirlo.
“We were expecting it, he returned to scoring and now we expect even more”.
Nicolo Rovella’s foul on Juan Cuadrado allowed Ronaldo slot in his first after 78 minutes with the second coming a minute from time after Perin brought down Alvaro Morata.
