The Hindu (Kolkata)

Juventus ‰ghts back for a draw against Cagliari; Brentford dents Luton’s hopes

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Juventus came back from two goals down at halftime for a 2-2 draw at Cagliari, which took another step towards Serie A safety on Friday.

Trailing at the break to penalties from Gianluca Gaetano and Yerry Mina, Massimilia­no Allegri’s side salvaged a point as Dusan Vlahovic whipped in a perfect 62nd-minute free-kick before Alberto Dossena’s unfortunat­e own goal three minutes from time.

Luton’s hopes of Premier League survival were hammered by Brentford’s 5-1 rout at Kenilworth

Vlahovic slots in Juventus’s first against Cagliari.

Road, while Burnley thrashed Sheƒeld United 4-1 to remain in the ght to stay up on Saturday.

Brentford realistica­lly secured its top-£ight status with a dominant display

despite missing England striker Ivan Toney through injury.

The results: Premier League: Sheield United 1 (Hamer 52) lost to Burnley 4 (Bruun Larsen 38,

Assignon 40, Foster 58, Gudmundsso­n 71); Luton 1 (Berry 90+2) lost to Brentford 5 (Wissa 24, 45+1, Pinnock 61,

Lewis-Potter 64, Schade 86).

Bundesliga: VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Wind 43) bt Bochum 0; Cologne 0 lost to Darmstadt 2 (Klarer 57, Vilhelmsso­n 90); Hoenheim 4 (Weghorst 36, Proemel 58, Kabak 66, Stach 90+1) bt Borussia M’Ggladbach 3 (Hack 39, 78, 89); Heidenheim 1 (Dovedan 69) lost to RB Leipzig 2 (Sesko 42, Openda 85).

On Friday: Bundesliga: Eintracht Frankfurt 3 (Chaibi 55, Ekitike 61, Marmoush 90+5) bt Augsburg 1 (Vargas 13).

LaLiga: Athletic Bilbao 1 (Guruzeta 24) drew with Granada 1 (Williams 6-og).

Serie A: Cagliari 2 (Gaetano 30-pen, Mina 36-pen) drew with Juventus 2 (Vlahovic 62, Dossena 87-og); Genoa 0 lost to Lazio 1 (Luis Alberto 67).

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