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Juventus produce stunning fightback to beat Roma in seven-goal thriller

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Serie A - AS Roma v Juventus - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - January 9, 2022 AS Roma's Felix Afena-Gyan in action with Juventus' Matthijs de Ligt [Reuters, Alberto Lingria]

Juventus scored three goals in seven second-half minutes to complete an astonishing comeback and beat AS Roma 4-3 on Sunday after goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny saved a late penalty to keep them in front at the Stadio Olimpico.

Tammy Abraham put Jose Mourinho's side in front and Paulo Dybala made it 1-1 going into the break, but goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Lorenzo Pellegrini put Roma in charge early in the second half.

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