Juve go four points clear, Totti breaks record

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Reuters: Second-half goals from Stephan Lichtsteiner and Emanuele Giaccherini sent Juventus four points clear in Serie A after they defeated Atalanta 2-0 in Bergamo on Saturday to finish the first half of the season unbeaten.

In the day’s other match, Francesco Totti struck twice to set a league scoring record as resurgent AS Roma climbed to sixth by crushing Cesena 5-1.

“I will play until I’m physically unable to do what I want,” the 35-year-old Totti told the Mediaset Premium TV channel. “If we continue to play like this we’ll go far. We’re enjoying our football and pleasing fans too,” he added after claiming his 211th goal for Roma, a league record for a single club.

In Bergamo, Swiss defender Lichtsteiner nodded in Andrea Pirlo’s brilliant pass after 55 minutes to give Juve a deserved lead before substitute Giaccherini’s volley made the game safe eight minutes from time.

Atalanta remained sixth from bottom while the win gave Juve 41 points from 19 games, four ahead of AC Milan who visit bottom club Novara on Sunday.