Claudio Marchisio added another goal in his breakout season and Arturo Vidal converted a controversial penalty as Juventus beat Cesena 2-0 Sunday to take back top place in the Italian league.
Cesena's 42-year-old goalkeeper, Francesco Antonioli, had kept Juventus in check until Marchisio fired in a long shot between two defenders with his weaker left foot in the 72nd minute at the Turin club's new stadium.
It was Marchisio's sixth goal of the season, drawing him even closer to the player he is most often compared to - former Juve midfielder Marco Tardelli, who scored eight goals in a campaign twice during the early 1980s.
In the 80th, Antonioli punched away a cross and then collided with Juventus forward Emanuele Giaccherini, receiving a red card that set up a penalty for Vidal despite vehement protests from Cesena.
Cesena had already used all three of its substitutions, so defender Guillerme Rodriguez had to put on Antonioli's jersey and gloves and step in goal for Vidal's penalty. They weren't of much use, though, as Rodriguez moved to his right and Vidal easily knocked the ball into the other corner of the net.
Juventus moved two points ahead of AC Milan and Udinese.
AC Milan had provisionally moved top with a 2-0 win at Genoa on Friday, while Udinese edged out struggling Inter Milan 1-0 Saturday at the San Siro.
Juventus remains the only unbeaten team in Serie A and this win was all the more impressive since it came without key midfielder Andrea Pirlo, who was suspended.
The only negative moment for Juve came when captain Alessandro Del Piero was carried off in the 62nd after being bloodied by a kick to the face from defender Marco Rossi.
Meanwhile, Fiorentina beat nine-man Roma 3-0 after goals from Stevan Jovetic, Alessandro Gamberini and Santiago Silva.
Roma was reduced to 10 men when Juan was shown a straight red card for pushing Jovetic down in the 15th, even though the player had appeared to be holding Juan's jersey. Jovetic converted the ensuing penalty and Gamberini doubled the lead in the 44th, leaping over Roma defender Gabriel Heinze to head in a corner.
Having missed all of last season following knee surgery, Jovetic has six goals this campaign. Gamberini, meanwhile, has now scored three times - the only goals he's scored in the past five seasons - against Roma.
After Roma midfielder Fernando Gago was sent off midway through the second half, Silva added another penalty for Fiorentina in the 86th.
Fiorentina players wore black armbands and a minute of silence was observed before the match in honor of Brazil great Socrates, who died earlier Sunday at the age of 57. Socrates played for Fiorentina in the 1984-85 season, and scored six goals.
Elsewhere, Bologna beat Siena 1-0 as Marco Di Vaio scored in the 28th following a splendid backheel pass from Alessandro Diamanti.
Also, Chievo Verona was held to a scoreless draw at home by Atalanta.
Earlier in the lunchtime fixture, Colombian forward Victor Ibarbo scored his first Serie A goal to give Cagliari a 1-0 win at Catania in a matchup of two island-based clubs.
In the 64th, the 21-year-old Ibarbo slalomed past two defenders near the endline and the corner flag, did well to keep the ball in play, then beat Catania goalkeeper Mariano Andujar.
Cagliari goalkeeper Michael Agazzi preserved the victory with a difficult save against Maxi Lopez in added time.
Later, Parma was hosting Palermo in the night match.
