FLORENCE, Italy: Federico Bernardeschi and Gonzalo Higuain scored as Juventus went top of Serie A on Friday (Saturday in Manila) in a 2-0 win at Fiorentina overshadowed by a video assistant referee (VAR) fiasco.

A decision to award a penalty to Fiorentina after 21 minutes when Juventus’s Giorgio Chiellini’s arm blocked a Marco Benassi cross was subsequently overturned after consultation with VAR.

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