Dybala's late goal sees Juventus top Roma, claim 11th straight league win

Milan - Argentina striker Paulo Dybala hit his 12th goal of the Serie A campaign as Juventus maintained its impressive home record over Roma with a 1-0 win in Turin on Sunday.

Juve had won its last four league meetings at home with Roma, scoring at least three goals on each occasion.
At the end of a frustrating encounter that could spell trouble for Roma defender Daniele De Rossi - suspected of racially abusing Juve's Croatian striker Mario Mandzukic - Dybala sent the stadium wild when he ran on to Paul Pogba's short through ball to beat Wojciech Szczesny with a crisp angled strike.

Juve's 14th win means they remain second but the champions have closed the gap on Napoli, 4-2 winners over Sampdoria earlier Sunday when striker Gonzalo Higuain hit his 21st goal in as many games, to two points.
Roma remain fifth but is now 12 points off the pace after what was Luciano Spalletti's second game in charge following the sacking of Rudi Garcia two weeks ago.
With Spalletti deploying a new 3-4-1-2 formation that saw Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan move up behind strikers Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah, Juve failed to score in the opening half of a league game for the first time since November.
But it took only minutes for the game's first flashpoint, Juventus winning a free kick after De Rossi was cautioned for an off-the-ball stamp on the foot of Mandzukic, who crumbled to the ground in apparent pain.
It was then that television cameras allegedly caught the Italy defender mouthing an insult, with reports on several Italian websites claiming De Rossi said: "Shut up, shitty gypsy."
If confirmed, De Rossi can expect a ban that will do his international career, and Roma's league campaign, little good.