Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Serie A hat-trick as Juventus beat Cagliari.

Ronaldo took advantage of a Ragnar Klavan error early in the second half to give the champions the lead, before scoring a penalty after Marko Rog fouled Paulo Dybala.

Portugal legend Ronaldo then set up Gonzalo Higuain to put Juve 3-0 up.

And moments later he got his 56th career hat-trick when he slipped the ball under goalkeeper Robin Olsen.

The 34-year-old is in his best scoring run since his £99.2m move from Real Madrid in 2018, scoring in each of his past five Serie A games.

Juventus temporarily went top of the league but Inter Milan's 3-1 win at Napoli later on Monday - featuring two goals from Romelu Lukaku - sent them back into first place on goal difference.

It was Ronaldo's second hat-trick for Juve, having scored three against Atletico Madrid in last season's Champions League last-16 tie. He has scored three hat-tricks for Portugal since then.

The former Manchester United forward is the first player since Alexis Sanchez to score a hat-trick in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A.

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Talent, hardwork and tenacity: Cristiano Ronaldo

First half of that match was not easy for Juve

Not a Ronaldo fan o but watch how these so called Messi fans would come here to fool themselves and mind you these two guys go dey chat each other o, even call each other sef