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Champions League: Juventus alive despite dropping points to Madrid

Real Madrid's Gareth Bale celebrates after scoring in his side's 2-2 Champions League draw with Juventus in Turin, Italy.

Real Madrid's Gareth Bale celebrates after scoring in his side's 2-2 Champions League draw with Juventus in Turin, Italy.

There was Marouane Fellaini's red card, for two fairly innocuous yellow card tackles; Javier Hernandez's miss from six yards out after good work from Shinji Kagawa; another dive from Ashley Young as he earned a penalty; and then the spot-kick itself, an effort from Robin van Persie that hit the post. Even so, manager David Moyes accentuated the positives. "We played really well tonight," Moyes said following the deadlock.

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