Juventus’ 2-1 win was a smooth event, punctuated by moments of wonderful drama in the first 15 minutes and the final five minutes, with a 91st-minute equaliser from Valentin Carboni looking to have salvaged the tie at Monza, before Federico Gatti struck to fight. . the loot 3 minutes later.
Nine minutes into the match, Georgios Kyriakopoulos put on Federico Chiesa’s shirt in the area and the referee considered that this was enough to award a penalty.
Dusan Vlahovic’s feeble penalty was saved to his right by Michele Di Gregorio, who was then forced to dive back over the goal and somehow recovered the next shot away from his own goal and for a corner.
The stunning double save should still have been on his teammates’ minds, as Rabiot was given a loose mark when the corner came to fuel an unstoppable header past the Monza goalkeeper in the 12th minute.
The Old Lady nearly doubled the lead just after the half-hour mark when another corner found its way through to Gatti, but the defender could only send his effort over the bar on the stretch.
The hosts dominated possession in the second half, but never really troubled Wojciech Szczesny in the Juventus goal as the clocked counted down to a narrow win for the 36-times Italian champions.
However, the match sparked back into life when substitute Carboni swung in a cross-shot that just evaded its target in Dany Mota and snuck in at the back post.
Scenes of euphoria on the pitch were interrupted in the fourth minute of stoppage time when Gatti atoned for his earlier mistake by scoring a blistering winner after firing in his own spongy shot after Rabiot burst down the right flank.
Now, one point more than their main rivals, Inter Milan can regain the more sensible place when they travel south to face reigning champions Napoli on Sunday.