Football: Juventus beat Roma 1-0
Gonzalo Higuain
Gonzalo Higuain's trademark goal put Juventus 7 points clear
Series A leaders Juventus won 1-0 over AS Roma, with Juventus Higuain signature goal putting them seven points clear on Saturday.
Gonzalo Higuain's 10th goal of the season and his third in the last two games got Juventus its 25th successive home league winand paved way for a sixth successive Serie A title.
With just one match left before Christmas, Juve have 42 points from 17 games while Roma has 35 and AC Milan 33.
Roma, although had the ball they failed to make any goals. Roma have been runners-up to Juventus in the last three
Higuain saw an early shot saved by Wojciech Szczesny.
He received a pass some 30 metres from goal, battledwith Daniele De Rossi, passedKostas Manolos and kicked offa left-foot shot in off the post from the edge of the area.
Roma's best chancefell to Manolos from corners.
The defender had a close-range shot blocked during a goalmouth scramble in the first half and headed wide at the far post in the second half.
Roma won eight corners to Juve's five but usedlong crosses too often andhad only three shots on target.
(WION with inputs from Reuters)