AC Milan's on-loan forward Gonzalo Higuain had a night to forget as he missed a penalty and was sent off against parent club Juventus in a 2-0 defeat at San Siro -- with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring his eighth Serie A goal of the season for the Bianconeri.
Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri took the surprise decision to drop Leonardo Bonucci, who had left the club for Milan in the summer of 2017 before returning 12 months later, and started Medhi Benatia in the Italy international's place.
The visitors had by far the better of in the opening exchanges and were ahead on eight minutes when Alex Sandro's deep cross was headed in at the back post by Mario Mandzukic.