Morata’s brace puts Juventus 3-1 ahead Sampdoria.

Álvaro Morata grabbed a brace as Juventus won 3-1 at Sampdoria in Serie A on Saturday to keep title hopes alive.

Reports according to Marca ad it that Sampdoria defender Maya Yoshida also scored an own-goal while Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczsny saved a penalty.

Juventus is in the fourth position but cut the gap to AC Milan to four points ahead of the Serie A leader’s match against Empoli later.

Juventus have played 15 league match without defeat, a run stretching back to November. While Sampdoria remained four points above the bottom three.

The Bianconeri were still missing a number of players but took the lead in the 23rd minute. Following a counterattack, Morata found Juan Cuadrado and his low cross was bundled by Yoshida into his own net.