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Juventus logo
Serie A
Nov 30, 2014 at 5pm UK
 
Torino logo

2-1

Vidal (15' pen.), Pirlo (93')
FT(HT: 1-1)
Peres (22')

Andrea Pirlo fires Juventus to dramatic Turin derby victory

Juventus beat city-rivals Torino 2-1 at the Juventus Stadium to strengthen their hold on top spot in Serie A.

Andrea Pirlo scored in the fourth minute of added time against Torino this evening to win a dramatic Turin derby right at the death for 10-man Juventus.

Juventus' Chilean midfielder Arturo Pardo Vidal celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus Vs Torino on November 30, 2014© Getty Images

The home side managed to edge ahead inside the opening 15 minutes of the contest when it was ruled that Omar El Kaddouri had handled the ball inside his own area.

Arturo Vidal was the man tasked with converting the penalty beyond Jean-Francois Gillet to put Juventus on their way.

Despite the reigning champions grabbing a foothold in the game, Torino managed to hit back shortly after courtesy of Bruno Peres's fine individual effort, which went in off the post to leave back-up keeper Marco Storari stranded.

With just a few minutes remaining of the first half Vidal wasted a decent opening to add to his personal tally for the evening, firing an effort well over the bar after being picked out inside the opposition box.

Juventus continued to press for another goal in the second half, coming particularly close through Vidal in the opening minutes following the restart, although the Maroons remained solid throughout.

Vidal did manage to put the ball into the net 15 minutes from time, only for the linesman's flag to have already been raised due to an offside infringement, although the complexion of the contest changed dramatically when Stephan Lichtsteiner was shown a second yellow card to leave the Old Lady down to 10 men.

While it was the hosts who were throwing their all at finding a late winner, Torino created some decent openings of their own through Alessandro Gazzi's headed attempt and a three-on-two break which eventually broke down.

With just seconds of the tense local derby remaining, Pirlo picked up the ball on the edge of the area and fired home with essentially the last kick of the game to win it for Juve.

The late triumph for Massimiliano Allegri's charges sees them strengthen their grip on top spot in Serie A, while Torino remain in 15th place.

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Juventus' Chilean midfielder Arturo Pardo Vidal celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus Vs Torino on November 30, 2014
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