Cristiano’s Juventus Suffer Embarassing Defeat at Genoa

Juventus’ shock 2-0 defeat at the hands of Genoa in Serie A brought a near-year-long unbeaten streak in the top flight to an end in abrupt fashion.

Late goals from Stefano Sturaro and Goran Pandev ensured a surprise result at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris to hand Massimiliano Allegri’s side their first loss in the league since a 1-0 defeat to Napoli in April 2018.

Paulo Dybala earlier had an effort disallowed with the scores tied at 0-0 by VAR, before Mattia Perin conceded twice in the final quarter of the game.

The result also means that the Bianconeri have failed to prevail over a Serie A opponent in both their home and reverse fixtures in a single season for the first time since 2012-13, after Daniel Bessa’s goal held them to a draw in Turin.

On that occasion, Sampdoria picked up the victory on both occasions, with now-Inter star Mauro Icardi netting three of the six goals combined across the two games for the Liguria side.

Scratch beyond the result however and the stats are even more alarming for the visitors, as they lost a top flight game by a two-goal margin for the first time in almost two years, having last suffered such a gap in a 3-1 defeat to Roma in May 2017.

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