Cristiano Ronaldo grabs late winner for Juventus – in pictures

Portuguese attacker scores from the spot to earn side three points against Genoa in Serie A

Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus celebrates after scoring his team's second goal. Getty

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo. EPA

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo. EPA

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring his team's second goal. AFP

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring his team second goal against Genoa. Getty

Cristiano Ronaldo. Getty

uventus' Leonardo Bonucci heads home the opener. EPA

Leonardo Bonucci of Juventus celebrates after scoring the opening goal. Getty

Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus celebrates after scoring his team second goal during the Serie A match between Juventus and Genoa CFC at on October 30, 2019, in Turin, Italy. Getty Images

Juventus' Juan Cuadrdo, right, and Christian Kouame of Genoa. EPA

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo (L) celebrates after scoring during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Juventus FC and Genoa CFC at Allianz stadium in Turin, Italy, 30 October 2019. EPA

Paulo Dybala on the attack for Juventus. Getty

Cristiano Ronaldo. Reuters

Juventus' Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, second right, celebrates with his teammates after beating Genoa. AFP

Paulo Dybala of Juventus. Getty

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo, left. AFP

Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo scores their second goal from the penalty spot. Reuters

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo. AFP

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo, left. AFP

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their second goal. Reuters

Christian Kouame of Genoa celebrates his goal. EPA

Cristiano Ronaldo rescued Juventus at the death as his penalty delivered a barely-deserved 2-1 win over Genoa at Allianz Stadium.

The Bianconeri needed to respond to Inter Milan's victory at Brescia 24 hours earlier to return to top spot, and Leonardo Bonucci's 36th-minute header sent them down the right path.

Christian Kouame's miskick fooled Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon as Genoa levelled four minutes later, yet the dismissal of Francesco Cassata after half-time gave the hosts the upper hand once more.

They could not make their personnel advantage count and lost it when substitute Adrien Rabiot saw red in the 86th minute.

Ronaldo was offside when he put the ball in the net deep into stoppage time – yet he was subsequently caught by Antonio Sanabria in the box and made no mistake with his penalty, sparing Juve blushes.

"It was a difficult game against a well organised team but Juve must keep going until the end," Ronaldo said. "We suffered a lot tonight but we created a lot and deserved this win."