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Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus Hold on to Extend Serie A Lead over Napoli

Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus extended their lead at the top of Serie A to 16 points after beating nearest rivals Napoli 2-1 on Sunday.

Ronaldo won a free-kick which saw Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret sent off after 25 minutes. Miralem Pjanic scored the resulting set-piece before Emre Can headed Juve into a 2-0 lead against 10 men at the San Paolo Stadium.

It was 10 vs. 10 when Pjanic was also dismissed two minutes after the break for a second bookable offence. Napoli got one back thanks to Jose Callejon just after the hour mark, but Lorenzo Insigne hit the post from the penalty spot late on after Alex Sandro was adjudged by VAR to have handled the ball inside the area.