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.

Leonardo Bonucci of Juventus FC celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and AC Milan at Juventus Arena on February 7, 2015 © Getty Images

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.

Yet it was to be Juventus, now unbeaten in 13 top-flight outings, 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.

AC Milan's defender Luca Antonelli celebrates during an Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs. AC Milan at the Juventus Stadium in Turin on February 7, 2015 © Getty Images

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.

Milan were still in the contest as the hour mark approached and came close to drawing level through Giampaolo Pazzini's shot, which Buffon had to turn behind.

Juve finally earned some breathing space five minutes later when Alvaro Morata showed striker's instincts to roll the ball into an empty net after Claudio Marchisio's long-range effort came back off the post.

Morata, who scored and assisted in the Bianconeri colours in a single Serie A game for the first time, should have had a second to his name before the end only for his strike to be ruled out for offside.

While Juventus remain in control at the top of the table, Filippo Inzaghi's fallen giants now have just one win in seven games and are down in ninth place.