Juventus striker Carlos Tevez struck to give the Serie A champions a 1-0 win over AC Milan on Saturday, handing coach Massimiliano Allegri a winning return to San Siro where he was shown the door eight months ago. Tevez, who scored both goals in Tuesday's 2-0 Champions League win over Malmo, played an exquisite one-two with Paul Pogba before flicking the ball past Christian Abbiati midway through the second half.
The Argentine celebrated by pulling a baby's dummy from his shorts and putting it in his mouth.
Milan, who had won their first two games under new coach Filippo Inzaghi, rarely threatened Gianluigi Buffon in the Juventus goal.
Fernando Torres came on for his Milan debut in the 76th minute but his only contributions were a yellow card for a foul on Giorgio Chiellini and a half-hearted penalty appeal when he went down in the area.
Juventus have a maximum nine points from three games and have yet to concede a goal this season. Milan are in third place level on six points with AS Roma who host Cagliari on Sunday.
"It would have been impossible to consider this a normal match after three-and-a-half years at Milan sharing emotions, intense moments and victories," Allegri told Sky Sport Italia.
"But it was absolutely not a chance for revenge. Milan was an important stage in my career and I am still very fond of this club," added the phlegmatic coach who won the Serie A title in his first season at Milan.
Milan had an early chance when Keisuke Honda's header forced a superb save from Buffon but that was about as good as it got for the seven-times European champions.
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