MILAN - Cristiano Ronaldo denoted his birthday by setting up Juventus to beat Roma 2-0 in Serie An on Saturday.

Ronaldo turned 36 on Friday at that point gave little indication of easing back down as he scored and furthermore hit the crossbar in the principal half. An own objective by Roma protector Roger Ibañez fixed the success for a clinical Juve.

"We'd arranged for such a game. We realized that Roma play awesome football and we were prepared to hold on and hit them on the break," Juventus mentor Andrea Pirlo said.