FILE PHOTO - Football Soccer - Crotone v Juventus - Italian Serie A - Ezio Scida stadium, Crotone, Italy - 08/02/17 - Juventus' Gonzalo Higuain celebrates after scoring against Crotone. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
(Reuters) - Gonzalo Higuain scored either side of halftime as Serie A leaders Juventus won 2-0 at Cagliari on Sunday to preserve their seven-point lead over second-placed AS Roma, who downed Crotone 2-0 away after goals from Radja Nainggolan and Edin Dzeko.
Higuain, signed for 90 million euros ($95.61 million) last year, proved his worth against Cagliari as he settled a tight contest to take his goal tally to 18 for the season.
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