Juventus moved on from its first Serie A loss in two seasons in the best way possible by crushing Pescara 6-1 with a Fabio Quagliarella hat trick on Saturday.
Arturo Vidal and Quagliarella put Juventus in front before Emmanuel Cascione pulled one back for Pescara shortly after Juan Quintero hit the post.
However, a sensational overhead kick from Kwadwo Asamoah and goals from Sebastian Giovinco and Quagliarella gave Juventus a healthy halftime lead.
Quagliarella completed his hat trick eight minutes into the second half with an overhead kick to give Pescara goalkeeper Mattia Perin a 20th birthday to forget.
"It's the first hat-trick of my career, so I will treasure the match ball," Quagliarella said. "I dedicate the goals to my mother, who is in hospital after undergoing surgery.
"What was important was to win. We showed that it is possible to have a setback against a great team like Inter, but we're still here. That defeat was just a stumble and we're back even stronger, with the hunger we need."
It was Pescara's worst home defeat in the top flight.
Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who is Perin's idol, spent several minutes hugging and talking to his young Pescara counterpart at the end of the match.
"Buffon told me not to give up and to go forward looking to always do well," Perin said. "We knew it would be a difficult game but we didn't think we'd lose like this.
"We are all with the coach, we have to all pull in the same direction to reach safety. I hoped to celebrate my birthday better but at least the embrace and the advice from Buffon was a nice present. When you concede goals, it doesn't help anything to get angry with your teammates, we have to all fight together and remain united."
Serie A leader Juventus moved four points clear of Inter Milan, which plays Atalanta on Sunday.
Earlier, Cagliari was held to a goalless draw at home by Catania.
Serie A
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
Pts
-Juventus
12 10
1
1
29
9
31
-Inter Milan
11
9
0
2
22
10
27
-Napoli
11
7
2
2
16
7
23
-Fiorentina
11
6
3
2
16
8
21
-Lazio
11
6
1
4
16
15
19
-Roma
11
5
2
4
26
20
17
-Catania
12
4
4
4
15
16
16
-Parma
11
4
3
4
14
16
15
b-Atalanta
11
5
2
4
10
13
15
-Cagliari
12
4
3
5
11
17
15
-AC Milan
11
4
2
5
17
13
14
-Udinese
11
3
5
3
14
16
14
c-Torino
11
2
6
3
12
10
11
-Pescara
12
3
2
7
9
23
11
c-Sampdoria
11
3
2
6
13
16
10
-Chievo
11
3
1
7
10
21
10
-Genoa
11
2
3
6
10
15
9
-Bologna
11
2
2
7
12
17
8
-Palermo
11
1
5
5
9
17
8
a-Siena
11
3
3
5
12
14
6
a-penalized 6 points
b-penalized 2 points
c-penalized 1 points
Saturday, Nov. 10
Cagliari 0, Catania 0
Pescara 1, Juventus 6
Sunday, Nov. 11
Palermo vs. Sampdoria
AC Milan vs. Fiorentina
Chievo vs. Udinese
Genoa vs. Napoli
Lazio vs. Roma
Parma vs. Siena
Torino vs. Bologna
Atalanta vs. Inter Milan
Saturday, Nov. 17
Juventus vs. Lazio
Napoli vs. AC Milan
Sunday, Nov. 18
Bologna vs. Palermo
Catania vs. Chievo
Fiorentina vs. Atalanta
Inter Milan vs. Cagliari
Siena vs. Pescara
Udinese vs. Parma
Sampdoria vs. Genoa
Monday, Nov. 19
Roma vs. Torino