ROME: Juventus needed two goals in stoppage time to seal a come-from-behind 3-1 win at Cagliari on Friday and move 10 points clear at the top of Serie A.
Cagliari, just a point above the relegation zone, went ahead after 16 minutes through a Mauricio Pinilla penalty awarded after Arturo Vidal had chopped down Marco Sau in the box.
In a contentious game, Cagliari played the last 30 minutes a man short after the sending off of Davide Astori, who had already been booked, for a foul on Sebastian Giovinco.
Alessandro Matri, playing against his old club, levelled for Juventus 10 minutes later and added another in the second minute of injury time.
Mirko Vucinic put away the third in the fifth minute of time added on.
"I have waited for this moment for a long time. My morale had gone down because I wasn't scoring but I always believed in myself," said Matri, who hadn't found the back of the net since September 29.
Inter Milan can close the gap on Juve back to seven points if they beat Genoa on Saturday.
- AFP/jc
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