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Gianluigi Buffon previously conceded a goal in the 64th minute of Juventus' 2-1 win over Sampdoria on 10 January

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon broke the Serie A record for not conceding a goal as Juventus beat derby rivals Torino 4-1 to briefly go six points clear at the top of the table.

Buffon, 38, set a new mark when he prevented Torino from scoring in the opening four minutes and took the record to 973 minutes before Andrea Belotti's penalty made it 2-1.

Paul Pogba's free-kick and Sami Khedira had given Juve a 2-0 half-time lead.

Alvaro Morata then added the last two.

Juventus finished with 10 men after Khedira was sent off for dissent, but their 19th win in their last 20 league games extended their advantage over second-placed Napoli in the title race before Napoli's victory over Genoa later on Sunday restored the gap to three points.

Gianluigi Buffon joined Juventus in 2001

Alessandro Del Piero spent 19 years at Juventus

Buffon broke the record previously held by Sebastiano Rossi, who went 929 minutes without being beaten for AC Milan in 1993-94.

The Italy international had already surpassed Dino Zoff's club record after keeping a 10th successive clean sheet in the league leaders' previous game.

It took a controversially awarded penalty three minutes into the second half to end Buffon's record run as Leonardo Bonucci was penalised for bringing down Bruno Peres, despite appearing to win the ball.

Torino trailed to a superb Pogba free-kick and Khedira's calmly-taken fourth Serie A goal of the season, but briefly threatened a comeback.

However, substitute Morata, who had replaced injured top scorer Paulo Dybala, scored twice from Pogba assists to take his total for the season to 10 as Juventus bounced back from their mid-week Champions League exit to Bayern Munich.

Paul Pogba's goal was his sixth in Serie A this season

What they said

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon: "This record belongs to the entire team and our fans.

"It also goes to my team-mates, who do all the defensive work well before the ball even gets near the goal."

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri shows his appreciation

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri: "It was a good win for us and an important one at that. We've taken a step forward.

"We have eight games to go, five of which are at home. Now we'll focus on the final straight."

Napoli hit back

Napoli secured a third successive league win as they recovered from going behind early on to beat Genoa 3-1 thanks to two more goals from the prolific Gonzalo Higuain.

Tomas Rincon put the visitors ahead after 10 minutes before Higuain, the leading scorer in Serie A, levelled six minutes into the second half.

Argentina international Higuain then took his total for the season to 31 goals as he fired Napoli in front in the 81st-minute before Omar El Kaddouri added a third in injury-time.