SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2018 16 Rono doubles up for Juve brace seals new record for Juventus but VAR denies Sampdoria English Premier League Ronaldo is on top Brighton 1 - 0 Everton of• ’s scoring Fulham 1 - 0 Huddersfield Town Leicester City 0 - 1 Cardiff City charts with 14 goals Tottenham 1 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford 1 - 1 Newcastle United AFP | Milan Liverpool 4 - 1 Arsenal English Championship ristiano Ronaldo bagged Birmingham City 0 - 0 Brentford a brace as Italian cham- pions Juventus finished Bolton Wanderers 0 - 0 Stoke City C Bristol City 1 - 0 Rotherham United 2018 on a high with a 2-1 win over Sampdoria giving the Ital- Leeds United 0 - 2 Hull City ian champions a new record Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Ipswich Town of 53 points before the winter Millwall 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest break. Norwich City 3 - 4 Derby County Ronaldo curled in the opener Preston North End 1 - 1 Aston Villa after just two minutes in Turin Queens Park Rangers 0 - 0 Reading adding a second from the penal- Sheffield United 3 - 0 Blackburn Rovers ty spot after 66 minutes, putting Swansea City 2 - 2 Wigan Athletic the Portuguese top of Serie A’s West Bromwich 1 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday Cristiano Ronaldo scores his second goal, a penalty, after a contentious handball decision against Alex Ferrari scoring charts with 14 goals. Fabio Quagliarella pulled the season, now we have to keep ta midweek, and are firmly on following a penalty awarded Sampdoria level with a penal- working to ensure we keep this track for an eighth consecutive when Emre Can handball with Scottish Premier League ty after 33 minutes, with the form in the second half of the Scudetto. Quagliarella making no mistake Rangers 1 - 0 Celtic visitors having a late Riccardo season,” Ronaldo told Sky Sport Ronaldo had come off the past Mattia Perin in the Juven- Dundee 0 - 2 St. Johnstone Saponara goal ruled offside af- Italia. bench to score in Berga - tus goal. Hamilton 1 - 2 Motherwell ter consultation with the video “I like VAR, because these mo but returned to the start - The 35-year-old became the Kilmarnock 2 - 1 St. Mirren assistant referee. are difficult decisions for a ref- ing line along with Miralem first player to score in nine con- Livingston 1 - 2 Aberdeen The seven-time reigning eree and we should welcome Pjanic. secutive Serie A games since Hibernian 0 - 1 Heart of Midlothian champions also have a record anything that makes his job And the Portuguese striker for Juventus number of points before the easier.” found a way through early pick- in 2005. Italian Serie A three-week winter break with The reigning champions have ing up a cross to Audero denied Dybala before 53 from 19 games. dropped points just twice this fire in past Sampdoria goalkeep- the break with Mario Mandzu- Juventus 2 - 1 Sampdoria “The team is doing very well, season, being held by Genoa at er . kic missing a chance to finish off Chievo 1 - 0 Frosinone we had an excellent first half to home and 2-2 against Atalan- But Sampdoria pulled level a Ronaldo cross. Empoli 0 - 1 Internazionale *Scores as of closing