Juventus have taken a 2-1 lead into half time of this evening's Serie A meeting against AC Milan following an entertaining opening 45 minutes.

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A strong start from the home side saw Arturo Vidal come close to opening the scoring with a strike from inside the area, before Carlos Tevez was played clean through on goal.

The former Manchester City striker looked to be borderline offside, but kept his composure to tuck the ball coolly beyond Diego Lopez for his 14th league goal of the campaign.

Gianluigi Buffon was needed to deny Jeremy Menez's effort shortly after, and that proved to be a warning sign for the hosts because Milan were not going to roll over having fallen a goal behind.

With a little under 30 minutes played, debutant Luca Antonelli leaped highest to superbly flick home Alessio Cerci's corner to level things up in Turin.

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Yet it was to be Juventus, unbeaten in 12 top-flight games coming into this one, who edged ahead prior to the interval courtesy of Leonardo Bonucci's smart finish.

Tevez headed the ball into his teammate's path from a corner, with Bonucci smartly flicking the ball beyond Lopez for the Old Lady's second of the evening.

A lively Tevez came within inches of adding another before the break when he struck from distance, only to be denied by Lopez as Milan kept in touch at the interval.