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Juventus end European drought in style

Juventus, who had set a record in drawing their last nine European games, swept the Danes aside in the first half, creating a hatful chances and racing to a 3-0 lead through Claudio Marchisio, Arturo Vidal and Sebastian Giovinco.

Substitute Fabio Quagliarella completed the scoring for the Italian champions, who quickly bounced back from Saturday's 3-1 home defeat to Inter Milan which ended their 49-match unbeaten run in Serie A.

Juventus moved up to six points from four games, one behind Shakhtar Donetsk and Chelsea. They host the title-holders on November 22 and visit the Ukrainians' in their final game.

"We played well both technically and mentally," Marchisio told reporters. "It was important to win and we did well. After the defeat against Inter there was a lot of talking but people forgot that we hadn't lost for a year."

"Chelsea's win [against Shakhtar] does not change anything for us, the qualification is in our hands."

However, Quagliarella made no mistake as he headed the fourth in the 75th minute after Pirlo's corner was headed on by Matri.