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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24957924" data-attributes="member: 158020">Atalanta 1-3 Juventus: Higuain makes up for Ronaldo's absence in comeback win<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/11/23/15/21377166-7717837-image-a-56_1574524112977.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Gonzalo Higuain scored twice in the second half as Serie A leaders  Juventus produced a late fightback to secure a 3-1 win at Atalanta. Without  Cristiano Ronaldo - who was not risked for Saturday's  encounter -  Maurizio Sarri's side were second best for long periods in  Bergamo  before Higuain's brace in the space of eight minutes.Robin  Gosens  had deservedly put Atalanta ahead before the hour, though Gian  Piero  Gasperini will rue his team missing a series of chances -  including Musa  Barrow's penalty - in the first half.Their profligacy allowed Juve - who also survived a VAR check for a   second potential penalty against them – to claim the points, Paulo   Dybala adding a late third for the visitors in stoppage time.Atalanta looked set to make the breakthrough when Alejandro Gomez   flicked the ball into Sami Khedira's outstretched arm, only for Barrow –   making his first league start since December 2018 - to slam the  penalty  against the crossbar, with Mario Pasalic heading over on the  rebound.Unperturbed  by Barrow's miss, Atalanta pressed on, Wojciech Szczesny  making an  outstanding save to deny Pasalic before Hans Hateboer had a  close-range  strike blocked.Matthijs De Ligt sustained what looked to be  a  serious shoulder injury early in the second half but, after  receiving  treatment, the former Ajax centre-back was able to continue.But De Ligt and the rest of Juve's defence were found wanting in the  56th minute as Gosens headed in Barrow's cross.Atalanta's  earlier  wastefulness came back to bite them, though, with Higuain  equalising  with a snatched shot that needed a deflection to get beyond  Pierluigi  Gollini.Emre Can's handball was deemed to have been accidental after a VAR  review, and Juve made their fortune count.Having  beaten the offside  trap, Cuadrado – who appeared to have handled the  ball earlier in the  move – slipped a neat cutback into the path of  Higuain, who made no  mistake with a first-time finish.Victory was  ensured when Dybala marked his 200th Serie A appearance in  style,  producing a composed finish into the bottom-right corner to move  Juve,  temporarily at least, four points clear at the top.</blockquote>

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