Bremer, McKennie help Juventus close gap
Juventus moved to within a point of the Champions League places in Serie A as goals from Bremer and Weston McKennie sealed a 2-0 win over Genoa at Allianz Stadium.
Luciano Spalletti's side capitalised on Como's goalless draw away to Udinese earlier, while also pulling clear of Roma, which lost to leader Inter at the weekend.
Bremer needed just four minutes to open the scoring for Juventus as the Brazilian headed Lloyd Kelly's knockdown past Justin Bijlow, with Lorenzo Colombo's appeals for a foul inside the box waved away by referee Davide Massa.
The Bianconeri pulled further clear in the 17th minute when a rapid counter-attack ended with McKennie sweeping Francisco Conceicao's cutback into the bottom-left corner.
McKennie then somehow turned Kenan Yildiz's cross over the bar from inside the six-yard box, with the American also sliding another glorious chance wide early in the second half after being unselfishly teed up by Khephren Thuram following a clever free-kick.
Juventus hit the post through Jonathan David's fierce effort from distance, but for all the host's dominance, it offered Genoa a chance to get back in the game late on.
Bremer tripped Aaron Martin on the edge of the box, with a free-kick initially given before VAR intervened and awarded a 75th-minute penalty, but Martin's spot-kick was repelled by Michele Di Gregorio, who got back to his feet to deny the Spaniard's volley moments later.
Arkadiusz Milik came closest to altering the scoreline from there as his speculative effort from distance was tipped over by Bijlow as Juventus held on for the victory.
