Goals by Ronaldo and Meril Demiral separate Juventus from AS Roma at the break at the Olimpico, with Demiral and Nicolò Zaniolo were stretchered off.

It took under three minutes to break the deadlock, as Paulo Dybala floated a free kick to the back post, where Demiral got away from Aleksandar Kolarov to volley in almost with his shin.

Roma were caught napping again, this time with Jordan Veretout on a back-pass, as Dybala snuck up behind him to steal the ball and was hauled down. Cristiano Ronaldo sent Pau Lopez the wrong way to convert the penalty and double Juve’s lead.

The Giallorossi nearly got back into it, as Wojciech Szczesny flapped at an Alessandro Florenzi cross and Lorenzo Pellegrini’s rebound was cleared practically off the line by Adrien Rabiot’s torso.

Goal-scorer Demiral landed heavily on his knee after a huge leap on a free kick and had to limp off, replaced by Matthijs de Ligt.

Nicolò Zaniolo’s shot was charged down after a ruleta, then he was brought down by De Ligt on the edge of the box following a marvellous slalom through defenders. He must’ve fallen awkwardly, as Zaniolo was in tears and had to be stretchered off, making way for Cengiz Under.

Diego Perotti pounced on a poor Miralem Pjanic pass and was brought down by Juan Cuadrado right on the edge of the box, but Kolarov’s free kick was deflected over. Instead, Ronaldo threatened to make it 3-0 on a Rabiot through ball, his angled drive well parried by Pau Lopez.

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