<p>Cristiano Ronaldo scored a double as Juventus thrashed Parma 4-0 on Saturday to move within a point of Serie A leaders AC Milan.</p>.<p>The Turin giants, chasing a 10th straight league title this season, remain unbeaten after 13 matches this term.</p>.<p>Ronaldo, who missed a penalty in the midweek 1-1 draw with Atalanta, made amends with his third brace in four games.</p>.<p>"Ronaldo was quite rightly angry with himself after missing a penalty," Juve coach Andrea Pirlo told DAZN.</p>.<p>"But fortunately he didn't have much time to stew over it and immediately got the chance to show just how much he loves to score goals."</p>.<p>Third-placed Juve sit level on points with Inter Milan, who welcome Spezia to the San Siro on Sunday, when AC Milan also visit Sassuolo.</p>.<p>"We're slowly getting to what we all want, not just me, but also the players," added Pirlo, whose side drew five of their first nine league games of the season.</p>.<p>Ronaldo started up front alongside Alvaro Morata in Parma, with Paulo Dybala not even on the bench after suffering a muscle injury.</p>.<p>Juve made a slow start to the match, needing 42-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to make an excellent save to prevent Juraj Kucka giving Parma the lead.</p>.<p>Buffon was playing against his former club, where he won the 1999 Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup titles.</p>.<p>"Whenever I come to Parma, there's no denying it, I always have this nostalgia within me," said Buffon, who turns 43 next month.</p>.<p>"I spent 10 unforgettable years of my life here and the people of Parma will always mean so much to me."</p>.<p>Instead, the visitors forged ahead midway through the first half as Dejan Kulusevski side-footed home after good work from Alex Sandro.</p>.<p>The game was all but over three minutes later, as Morata crossed for Ronaldo to power an emphatic header past home goalkeeper Luigi Sepe and into the bottom corner.</p>.<p>Parma were fortunate not to fall further behind before half-time, with Ronaldo curling narrowly off target and Leonardo Bonucci bundling wide from close range.</p>.<p>The 35-year-old Ronaldo made completely sure of the three points shortly after the restart, collecting Aaron Ramsey's pass and drilling the ball into the net left-footed.</p>.<p>The Portuguese star has now scored 12 Serie A goals this season -- two more than AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku -- in only nine appearances.</p>.<p>Pirlo's men needed Buffon to make another good save from Kucka to preserve their clean sheet, before Juventus centre-back Matthijs de Ligt had a goal ruled out at the other end.</p>.<p>Morata got the goal his all-round display deserved in the 85th minute, nodding in his 10th of the campaign in all competitions.</p>.<p>Elsewhere, veteran striker Fabio Quagliarella scored as Claudio Ranieri's Sampdoria beat bottom club Crotone 3-1 to move into 10th place, while seventh-placed Verona played out a 1-1 draw at Fiorentina.</p>.<p>On Sunday, Atalanta will host Roma without playmaker and captain Papu Gomez, after talk of a possible January exit for the Argentinian intensified on Saturday.</p>.<p>The Bergamo club released a statement saying Gomez would not feature against Roma due to a "technical choice".</p>
<p>Cristiano Ronaldo scored a double as Juventus thrashed Parma 4-0 on Saturday to move within a point of Serie A leaders AC Milan.</p>.<p>The Turin giants, chasing a 10th straight league title this season, remain unbeaten after 13 matches this term.</p>.<p>Ronaldo, who missed a penalty in the midweek 1-1 draw with Atalanta, made amends with his third brace in four games.</p>.<p>"Ronaldo was quite rightly angry with himself after missing a penalty," Juve coach Andrea Pirlo told DAZN.</p>.<p>"But fortunately he didn't have much time to stew over it and immediately got the chance to show just how much he loves to score goals."</p>.<p>Third-placed Juve sit level on points with Inter Milan, who welcome Spezia to the San Siro on Sunday, when AC Milan also visit Sassuolo.</p>.<p>"We're slowly getting to what we all want, not just me, but also the players," added Pirlo, whose side drew five of their first nine league games of the season.</p>.<p>Ronaldo started up front alongside Alvaro Morata in Parma, with Paulo Dybala not even on the bench after suffering a muscle injury.</p>.<p>Juve made a slow start to the match, needing 42-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to make an excellent save to prevent Juraj Kucka giving Parma the lead.</p>.<p>Buffon was playing against his former club, where he won the 1999 Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup titles.</p>.<p>"Whenever I come to Parma, there's no denying it, I always have this nostalgia within me," said Buffon, who turns 43 next month.</p>.<p>"I spent 10 unforgettable years of my life here and the people of Parma will always mean so much to me."</p>.<p>Instead, the visitors forged ahead midway through the first half as Dejan Kulusevski side-footed home after good work from Alex Sandro.</p>.<p>The game was all but over three minutes later, as Morata crossed for Ronaldo to power an emphatic header past home goalkeeper Luigi Sepe and into the bottom corner.</p>.<p>Parma were fortunate not to fall further behind before half-time, with Ronaldo curling narrowly off target and Leonardo Bonucci bundling wide from close range.</p>.<p>The 35-year-old Ronaldo made completely sure of the three points shortly after the restart, collecting Aaron Ramsey's pass and drilling the ball into the net left-footed.</p>.<p>The Portuguese star has now scored 12 Serie A goals this season -- two more than AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku -- in only nine appearances.</p>.<p>Pirlo's men needed Buffon to make another good save from Kucka to preserve their clean sheet, before Juventus centre-back Matthijs de Ligt had a goal ruled out at the other end.</p>.<p>Morata got the goal his all-round display deserved in the 85th minute, nodding in his 10th of the campaign in all competitions.</p>.<p>Elsewhere, veteran striker Fabio Quagliarella scored as Claudio Ranieri's Sampdoria beat bottom club Crotone 3-1 to move into 10th place, while seventh-placed Verona played out a 1-1 draw at Fiorentina.</p>.<p>On Sunday, Atalanta will host Roma without playmaker and captain Papu Gomez, after talk of a possible January exit for the Argentinian intensified on Saturday.</p>.<p>The Bergamo club released a statement saying Gomez would not feature against Roma due to a "technical choice".</p>