This archive report was first published on 28 October 2021.
On a dramatic Wednesday evening, Maxime Lopez stunned Juventus with a 95th-minute winner at the Allianz Stadium, securing a 2-1 win for Sassuolo and leaving their opponents lagging behind in the title race.
French midfielder Lopez supplied a beautiful dinked finish after charging through on goal while Juve searched for a winner, condemning Massimiliano Allegri's side to a tough defeat.
Allegri expressed his disappointment, stating, 'These are the sorts of matches that you can't lose if you know you're not going to win them.' He added, 'We need to think about how we handle games, you can't concede a goal like that on the counter… Juve never let in goals like today and it needs to never happen again.'
Hosts Juve thought they had earned at least a point thanks to Weston McKennie, who headed a 76th-minute equaliser after Juve fell behind to Davide Frattesi's strike a minute before the break.
However, Lopez's late winner sealed the win for Sassuolo, who are now up to ninth on 14 points, just one behind Juve after their first-ever away win over Italian football's 'Old Lady.'
Inter Milan stayed in touch with their city rivals with a routine 2-0 win at 10-man Empoli, while Roma came from behind to win 2-1 at bottom side Cagliari to move into the last Champions League position.
