At it again

Cristiano Ronaldo scored for the ninth consecutive Serie A game as Juventus secured a 3-0 win over Fiorentina on Sunday.

The 34-year-old netted a brace to bag his 19th league goal of the season.

AFP 2 Cristiano Ronaldo is in superb form for Juventus

Ronaldo converted two penalties either side of half-time, before Matthijs de Ligt completed the rout in injury-time.

The Portugal forward is six strikes away from catching Serie A’s top scorer Ciro Immobile, who scored twice against basement boys SPAL on the same day.

Juventus’ win moved Maurizio Sarri’s men six points clear of title rivals Inter Milan, who travel to Udinese on Sunday night.

A victory for Inter will cut the gap at the top to just three points.

AFP or licensors 2 Juventus boss Maurizio Sarri has been very impressed by Cristiano Ronaldo’s work ethic

Earlier this month, Sarri praised Ronaldo’s ‘extraordinary’ shape.

He said: “Ronaldo is in extraordinary physical and mental condition.

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“He is continuing at an impressive pace and has extraordinary skills.

“He is very well physically. In terms of explosiveness, he is good. He takes great care of the details.

“Ronaldo is a champion. We want to help him win the sixth Ballon d’Or. It would make us all happy.”