Juventus notched its highest score of the season in a 5-0 demolition of Cremonese that lifted it into third place in Serie A on Monday.

Juventus' fifth win in six league games took the Turin giants to equal on points with Napoli and Roma but above both on goal difference.

Inter Milan led AC Milan by three points. The top two and defending champion Napoli have a game in hand.

Juventus took the lead after 12 minutes with the aid of a lucky strike. Gleison Bremer's long-range shot took a deflection that left goalkeeper Emil Audero rooted to the spot.

Two minutes later Jonathan David made it two when he finished off Khéphren Thuram's incisive counterattack.

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Cremonese coach Davide Nicola was sent off for protesting a VAR decision not to award his side a penalty and his night got worse just moments later.

Juventus was awarded a penalty at the other end and though Audero tipped Kenan Yildiz's spot kick on to the post, the Turkish international followed up to slot home the rebound and make it 3-0 before halftime.

Weston McKennie poked a fourth into the net two minutes into the second half although Filippo Terracciano was unfortunate to see his efforts on the goal-line marked down as an own goal.

McKennie made sure of his place on the scoresheet with a close-range header.

Cremonese, which has gone six games without a win, remained in 13th place.