Juventus 1-2 Sassuolo: Juve fall to surprise injury-time defeat
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Maxime Lopez ran in behind the Juventus defence to chip Sassuolo to a historic win
Seventh-placed Juventus fell to their third Serie A defeat of the season as Maxime Lopez's injury-time strike gave Sassuolo a memorable win.
The mid-table visitors led when Davide Frattesi ran onto's Gregoire Defrel through ball to finish.
Weston McKennie looked to have rescued a point for Juventus with a header from Paulo Dybala's deep free-kick.
But Lopez ran onto Domenico Berardi's brilliant crossfield ball and chipped Mattia Perin with almost the last kick.
"These are the sorts of matches that you can't lose if you know you're not going to win them," said Massimiliano Allegri, who became only the third man to manage Juventus in 200 Serie A games.
"We need to think about how we handle games, you can't concede a goal like that on the counter. Juve never let in goals like today and it needs to never happen again."
They now sit 13 points behind leaders AC Milan.
Elsewhere, defending champions Inter Milan - in third place - won 2-0 at Empoli thanks to goals from Danilo D'Ambrosio and Federico Dimarco.
Jose Mourinho's Roma, who are fourth, came from behind to triumph 2-1 at bottom club Cagliari and end a three-game winless run.
For Sassuolo, it was their first Serie A victory at Juventus at their ninth attempt.
This is only the second time since 1996 Juventus have lost three of their opening 10 games. They lost four in 2015-16 - but still went on to win the title.