Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals as Juventus at home beat Udinese 3-1 in the Italian league.

Juventus reclaimed the first place in Serie A on Sunday afternoon, and Cristiano Ronaldo were two of the goals, as the home team from Turin won with 3-1 over Udinese.

Life at the top of the table may, however, be short-lived, as Inter later on Sunday can overtake Juventus if Inter take a win away over Fiorentina.

Udinese, who had Jens Skims Larsen from the start, could not put much up against the strong home team, they, and the defeat meant that the club was on 15 points after 16 matches and is on 17.-the square just above the relegation zone.

Already after nine minutes put Ronaldo time in målscoringen. A clearing from the Udinese defence smoke directly out to the Portuguese star, who came rushing towards the ball and hammered it flat into the goal.

With a small ten minutes to the break was the attacker again on the spot, when he was played free in the depth of Gonzalo Higuain, and Ronaldo got with førsteberøringen the ball in the box.

In halvlegens stoppage time it was defender Leonardo Bonucci, who headede the ball into the goal after a corner kick, and Juventus went into the break comfortably in front 3-0.

It was not much, the guests from Udinese could do in the second half.

Juventus controlled the general game, and Ronaldo had several times the opportunity for the hat trick, but lack the final sharpness of the image.

In the last minute of injury time, it succeeded, however, for the guests to dress up in the result, as Ignacio Pussetto got the last foot on the ball in a hesitant Liverpool defence.

It however did not, the home team finally be able to put three points into account.

/ritzau/