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Ronaldo's Juventus off to best ever Serie A start

Cristiano Ronaldo may not have found the net for Juventus on Saturday, but the Portugal star has helped his new club to their best-ever start to a Serie A season.

The Bianconeri were unbeaten going into the weekend's clash at home to Cagliari, having won nine of their opening 10 fixtures.

And they had few problems in dispatching the Sardinians to uphold a six-point lead over nearest rivals Napoli and Inter.

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Paulo Dybala gave the reigning champions the lead inside the first minute, his second goal of the Serie A season.

Having scored just 42 seconds in, it was the quickest goal scored by Juventus in Serie A play in exactly six years, with Arturo Vidal having scored 18 seconds into a November 2, 2012 match against Inter.