Juventus are at rock bottom after a deserved defeat to Monza, who celebrate their first ever Serie A victory thanks to Christian Gytkjaer, but Angel Di Maria was sent off for violent conduct.
These were two sides in complete crisis, as Max Allegri won just two out of eight competitive matches this season and was fresh from a midweek Champions League home defeat to Benfica. Meanwhile, the hosts sacked Giovanni Stroppa and promoted Raffaele Palladino from the youth team bench.
Juve had Arek Milik, Juan Cuadrado and coach Allegri suspended, with Manuel Locatelli, Adrien Rabiot, Alex Sandro, Federico Chiesa, Paul Pogba and Kaio Jorge injured. Monza missed Andrea Petagna, Marco D’Alessandro and Andrea Ranocchia after picking up their first ever Serie A point against Lecce.
The hosts had the better start, Patrick Ciurria blasting just over the bar and Stefano Sensi firing straight at Mattia Perin.
Juve were struggling to create any chances and the frustration got to Angel Di Maria, who was shown a straight red card for his obvious elbow into the chest of Armando Izzo. It was too clear a gesture to be ignored, a reaction foul after he was held. It was the former PSG man’s first League red card since April 2017 against Nice.
Gianluca Caprari blasted over after Federico Gatti gave it away and Dany Mota Carvalho really should’ve done better when prodding the Ciurria cross wide of the near post from six yards.
Christian Gytkjaer came off the bench and immediately turned a free header over the bar, while Carlos Augusto and Gytkjaer fired straight at Perin.
There was a Juventus counter-attack with Danilo’s slide-rule pass for Bremer, but Pablo Mari got back for a decisive tackle in the box.
Danilo also nodded a Leandro Paredes free kick over the bar, but Monza finally broke the deadlock when Ciurria again got down the right and put in a cross, Federico Gatti was caught the wrong side of Gytkjaer to come sliding in from six yards at the near post.
Juve tried to fight back in the closing stages, but much like the rest of the game, without any real test to Michele Di Gregorio.
Monza 1-0 Juventus
Gytkjaer 74 (M)
Sent off: Di Maria 41 (J)