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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23804428" data-attributes="member: 158020">Empoli 1 Juventus 2: Brilliant  Ronaldo leads turnaround with brace  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/10/27/18/5480760-6324239-image-m-65_1540663168886.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Cristiano Ronaldo fired Juventus seven points clear in Serie A with a  match-winning brace in a hard-earned 2-1 victory at Empoli on Saturday.The  Portugal superstar erased a first-half deficit from the spot shortly after the  interval before a thunderous swerving drive 20 minutes from time ensured there  was no repeat of last weekend's frustrating home draw with Genoa.    Juve lost Giorgio Chiellini to injury in the warm-up and had looked set to  leave the door open for Napoli to move back within a win of joint top spot when  Francesco Caputo put the struggling hosts ahead in a tense first half.   But the champions' increasingly impressive talisman backed up his fine  Champions League showing against Manchester United with a one-man rescue act  that boosted his league tally to seven goals.Miralem Pjanic also starred in the  midweek win at Old Trafford and threatened early here, bending a dangerous  effort narrowly past the right post.   Juve asserted their dominance in possession after that chance only to be hit  with a sucker punch on 28 minutes, Caputo capping off a quick break with a  splendid curling finish beyond Wojciech Szczesny.Empoli were emboldened and had  penalty appeals turned down when Miha Zajc's shot struck Leonardo Bonucci's hand  on the edge of the area.   The second half started in strikingly similar fashion to the first as  midfielder Pjanic frustratingly picked out the apex of post and crossbar  following Ivan Provedel's close-range denial of Alex Sandro.    This time, however, it was Juve who struck with the next sight of goal,  Ronaldo tucking home from the spot after Ismael Bennacer bundled over stand-in  skipper Paulo Dybala.   If that was an understated equaliser, his second was a fitting way to settle  a tight contest with a swerving rocket from 25 yards whistling past Provedel and  affording Massimiliano Allegri a hefty sigh of relief.</blockquote>

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