Moise Kean followed up his two goals for Italy with the winner for Juventus as they beat Empoli 1-0 in Serie A.
2018/2019 Serie A
1-0
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14' CHANCE! Matuidi's shot wide out
Bernardeschi clips a testing ball into the box from the right, but Matuidi fails to direct his back-post effort on target.
31' CLOSE! Mandzukic's header saved
Juventus have their first clear chance as Matuidi's deep cross is met by the rising head of Mandzukic, but his effort is kept out by Dragowski who stooped low to make the save.
72' GOAL! Juventus 1-0 Empoli (Kean)
Chiellini launches a long ball forward from his own half which Mandzukic then flicks into the path of Kean and the substitute half-volleys it into the bottom left-hand corner from just inside the box.
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Teenage sensation Moise Kean scored his third goal in as many Serie A matches to help Juventus bounce back from their first defeat of the season with a 1-0 win over battling Empoli.
It took Massimiliano Allegri's men 72 minutes to break down their determined visitors in a game made all the more difficult for the hosts by an injury to Paulo Dybala, who pulled up with a thigh problem during the warm-up.
Line-ups
Juventus XI: B. Matuidi, W. Szczęsny, Chiellini, M. Mandžukić, Pjanic, A.Sandro, E.Can, Cancelo, Rugani, Bernardeschi, R. Bentancur
Subs: Bonucci, M. Cáceres, Carlo Pinsoglio, M. Perin, De Sciglio, Spinazzola, M.Kean, H. Nicolussi
Empoli XI: F. Caputo, Maietta, Farias, F. Veseli, G. Di Lorenzo, Marko Pajac, R. Krunić, Bartlomiej Dragowski, C. Dell'Orco, I. Bennacer, H. Traorè
Subs: M. Pasqual, Matteo Brighi, Antonelli, Acquah, Salih Ucan, Capezzi, F. Perucchini, I. Provedel, Dimitris Nikolaou, Dimitri Oberlin