Juventus held 3-3 at Sassuolo, Lazio also draws against Udinese

Juventus was held to a 3-3 draw at Sassuolo in Serie A on Wednesday, although that will do little to slow its seemingly unstoppable march to a record-extending ninth straight league title.

Juventus is seven points ahead of Atalanta, which beat Brescia 6-2 on Tuesday, and eight points ahead of Lazio five games remaining after capital side also drew — 0-0 at relegation-threatened Udinese. Fourth-place Inter is nine points behind Juventus and visits Spal on Thursday.

Juve seemed to be cruising early as it went 2-0 up within 12 minutes following goals from Danilo and Gonzalo Higuain.

However, Filip Đuričić pulled one back in 29th minute and Sassuolo had better of chances at end of first half.

Sassuolo turned things around shortly after break as Domenico Berardi equalized with a free kick and set up Francesco Caputo three minutes later.

Alex Sandro headed in a corner for Juventus to level in 64th and Bianconeri goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny pulled off a number of important saves throughout match to leave Bianconeri ultimately grateful for a point.

LAZIO STRUGGLES

Lazio has struggled since restart and was somewhat fortunate t to lose against Udinese.

Rodrigo De Paul hit post in stopp time for Udinese, which inched seven points clear of relegation zone.

Lazio came into match on back of three successive defeats and had only won two of its previous six matches since Serie A resumed following break because of coronavirus pandemic.

OR MATCHES

AC Milan boosted its chances of qualifying for Europe as it came from behind to beat Parma 3-1.

Milan moved level on points with sixth-place Napoli, which drew 1-1 at Bologna. Roma is four points ahead after beating Hellas Verona 2-1.

Elsewhere, Sampdoria beat Cagliari 3-0 to move eight points above drop zone and 18th-place Lecce, which lost 3-1 at home to Fiorentina.

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