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Cristiano Ronaldo’s scoring streak continued on Wednesday as the Juventus forward netted a soaring header to secure a 2-1 victory at Sampdoria https://www.thetopsoccer.com/uswnt/amy-rodriguez-jersey , putting the defending champion back atop the Serie A standings.Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon matched Paolo Maldini’s all-time record of 647 Serie A appearances in the game, but Ronaldo found a way to steal the spotlight once again.The Portugal star leaped above a defender and hung in the air to meet a cross before planting a header into the top of the net for the winning goal on the stroke of halftime. Earlier, Gianluca Caprari had canceled out Paulo Dybala’s opener for Juve.“The goal was nice, but I am especially happy to have helped the team to get the three points,” Ronaldo said. “The important thing is to help Juventus win titles.”Sampdoria coach Claudio Ranieri said all he could do was applaud.“When someone scores a goal like that you have to just watch and admire Emily Sonnett Jersey ,” he said. “Ronaldo scored in the style of an NBA player, he was in the air for an hour and a half.”The 34-year-old Ronaldo didn’t score a goal in November but now has six in his past five matches.“I had a problem with my knee which affected me for a month but now I feel very good,” he said.Juventus moved three points above Inter Milan, which has played a game less than the eight-time defending champion.Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri again started with the attacking trident of Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain and Ronaldo.And Dybala gave Juve the lead in the 19th minute when he hit Alex Sandro’s cross on the volley and it bounced onto the ground and into the far bottom corner.Alex Sandro was then at fault for the equalizer in the 35th when he twice gave the ball away leading to Caprari’s goal.But the Brazil defender again turned provider with another cross from the left to set up Ronaldo’s spectacular header. Ronaldo thought he had doubled his tally late on but the goal was ruled out for offside.Caprari was sent off in stoppage time for an elbow on Juventus defender Merih Demiral.RELEGATION BATTLESassuolo moved six points off the relegation zone with a 2-0 win at fellow struggler Brescia.The match had been rescheduled from Oct. 6 after the death of Sassuolo President Giorgio Squinzi.Hamed Junior Traorè broke the deadlock in the 25th Sam Mewis Jersey , firing home Domenico Berardi’s through ball.Mario Balotelli though he had leveled shortly before halftime but it was ruled out for offside and Francesco Caputo sealed the result in the 71st.Brescia remained in the relegation zone, two points below Sampdoria and the last safety spot. However, it has played a match less than Samp.___ Manchester United earned its first win in over a month in beating Leicester 1-0 thanks to an early Marcus Rashford penalty on Saturday.United lost one and drew two of its last three English Premier League games since beating Chelsea 4-0 on the opening day, but seized the lead early against Leicester.Rashford was brought down by Caglar Soyuncu, who’s taken over in Leicester’s defense after United signed Harry Maguire https://www.thetopsoccer.com/uswnt/abby-dahlkemper-jersey , and stepped up to score with a powerful strike from the spot in the eighth minute.Article continues below ...United had missed two penalties since scoring one in the win over Chelsea, and Paul Pogba had been targeted with racial abuse on Twitter following a penalty miss last month.After the fast start, however, United’s energy dissipated. Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted the team failed to win games even when “performances have been miles better than this.”United looked robust in defense, with Maguire containing his former Leicester teammate Jamie Vardy McCall Zerboni Jersey , but lacked a cutting edge to take advantage of Leicester’s disarray after the first goal.Leicester, which had been unbeaten in its first four league games, nearly leveled in the 30th when goalkeeper David de Gea was forced to leap to keep out a long-range shot from Ben Chilwell. That was de Gea’s second big save of the game after stopping James Maddison’s shot in the opening minutes.The game largely fizzled out in the second half, with United happy to defend a one-goal lead with hard-working Scott McTominay holding the midfield together and Leicester unable to create clear chances.“Of course, we want to play better than this. We want to have the ball and dominate Tierna Davidson Jersey ,” Solskjaer said. “But some games, sometimes you play against teams that give you problems and I thought we rode the game out well.”Rashford hit the bar with a free kick later on, while Wilfred Ndidi had Leicester’s best chance for a late equalizer, blasting wide of the post in stoppage time.