Juventus 1-0 AC Milan: Ronaldo substituted as Dybala grabs winner to send Juve top

Paulo Dybala had also replaced Ronaldo, after 82 minutes, in the Champions League five days earlier

Cristiano Ronaldo was substituted for the second straight game as replacement Paulo Dybala scored the winner against AC Milan to return Juventus to the top of Serie A.

Coach Maurizio Sarri made the change after 55 minutes, with Dybala's goal moving Juve above Inter Milan.

Ronaldo, 34, has now been substituted as many times in two games as he was during the whole of last season.

Juve struggled at times, with Wojciech Szczesny making several good saves.

Dybala had replaced Ronaldo with eight minutes remaining in Juve's 2-1 win over Lokomotiv Moscow in the Champions League last Wednesday.

Szczesny was kept busy and forced to make important stops to deny Milan's Krzysztof Piatek, Lucas Paqueta and Theo Hernandez.

Gonzalo Higuain went close for Juve, and Dybala could have doubled his tally late on in the game.

Juve remain unbeaten, and are one point ahead of Inter, while Milan are in 14th place.

• Line-ups
• Match Stats
• Live Text

Line-ups

Juventus

• 1Szczesny
• 16Ju CuadradoBooked at 56mins
• 19Bonucci
• 4de Ligt
• 12Lobo Silva
• 30Bentancur
• 5Pjanic
• 33BernardeschiSubstituted forDouglas Costaat 61'minutes
• 14MatuidiSubstituted forRabiotat 70'minutes
• 21Higuaín
• 7Cristiano RonaldoSubstituted forDybalaat 55'minutes

Substitutes

• 2De Sciglio
• 6Khedira
• 8Ramsey
• 10Dybala
• 11Douglas Costa
• 13Danilo
• 23Can
• 24Rugani
• 25Rabiot
• 28Demiral
• 31Pinsoglio
• 77Buffon

AC Milan

• 99Donnarumma
• 12Conti
• 43Campos Duarte da Silva
• 13Romagnoli
• 19HernándezBooked at 89mins
• 39Tolentino Coelho de LimaSubstituted forRebicat 85'minutes
• 4BennacerBooked at 45mins
• 33KrunicBooked at 40minsSubstituted forBonaventuraat 61'minutes
• 8Fernández SaezBooked at 90mins
• 9PiatekSubstituted forda Conceição Leãoat 66'minutes
• 10CalhanogluBooked at 90mins

Substitutes

• 2Calabria
• 5Bonaventura
• 17da Conceição Leão
• 18Rebic
• 20Biglia
• 25Reina
• 31Caldara
• 46Gabbia
• 68Rodríguez
• 90Donnarumma

Referee:

Fabio Maresca

Attendance:

40,478

Match Stats

Home TeamJuventusAway TeamAC Milan

Possession

Home54%

Away46%

Shots

Home13

Away13

Shots on Target

Home5

Away7

Corners

Home5

Away5

Fouls

Home13

Away10

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Juventus 1, Milan 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Juventus 1, Milan 0.

Posted at 90'+4'

Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt saved. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Alex Sandro.

Booking

Posted at 90'+1'

Suso (Milan) is shown the yellow card.

Booking

Posted at 90'+1'

Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 90'+1'

Alex Sandro (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan).

Posted at 90'

Attempt missed. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

Booking

Posted at 89'

Theo Hernández (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 89'

Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Theo Hernández (Milan).

Posted at 87'

Paulo Dybala (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Theo Hernández (Milan).

Posted at 87'

Attempt missed. Ismael Bennacer (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.

Posted at 87'

Attempt blocked. Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismael Bennacer.

Posted at 86'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus).

Posted at 86'

Theo Hernández (Milan) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Substitution

Posted at 85'

Substitution, Milan. Ante Rebic replaces Lucas Paquetá.

Posted at 84'

Corner, Milan. Conceded by Wojciech Szczesny.

Posted at 84'

Attempt saved. Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández.

Posted at 83'

Attempt blocked. Suso (Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Conti.

Posted at 83'

Foul by Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus).

Posted at 83'

Andrea Conti (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Alex Sandro (Juventus).

Posted at 82'

Giacomo Bonaventura (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 81'

Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Léo Duarte.

Posted at 81'

Attempt blocked. Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado with a cross.

Posted at 79'

Attempt saved. Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Suso.

Goal!

Posted at 77'

Goal! Juventus 1, Milan 0. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín.

Posted at 75'

Attempt saved. Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 74'

Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus).

Posted at 74'

Hakan Calhanoglu (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 70'

Substitution, Juventus. Adrien Rabiot replaces Blaise Matuidi.

Posted at 68'

Attempt saved. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín.

Posted at 67'

Offside, Juventus. Rodrigo Bentancur tries a through ball, but Gonzalo Higuaín is caught offside.

Substitution

Posted at 66'

Substitution, Milan. Rafael Leão replaces Krzysztof Piatek.

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. Blaise Matuidi (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Douglas Costa.

Show more updates