Ronaldo's awesome accidental assist sends fans into a spin

Cristiano Ronaldo has sent fans into a spin on social media after one of the most eye-catching, accidental goal assists for Juventus.

The Portuguese superstar missed an open goal on his home debut but inadvertently provided an assist for Mario Mandzukic to score as the Serie A champions beat Lazio 2-0.

Ronaldo inadvertently pulled off a rainbow flick to set up Mandzukic for an easy volleyed finish.

The unintentionally piece of genius sparked plenty of debate between supporters on social media.

Juventus, chasing an eighth successive title, have six points from two games after a somewhat fortunate win, but Ronaldo is still waiting for his first goal since his move from Real Madrid.

Piotr Zielinski scored twice as Napoli came from two goals behind to beat AC Milan 3-2 and give new coach Carlo Ancelotti an unforgettable home debut, against the side where he spent eight seasons of his coaching career.

Striker Gonzalo Higuain also made his debut for AC Milan after his loan move from Juventus, but he had little impact.

in TurinMiralem Pjanic rifled Juventus ahead in the 30th minute with a shot from outside the area before Juve added a second in the 75th minute in untidy fashion.

Joao Cancelo’s low cross from the right was partially intercepted by Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha but he succeeded only in pushing the ball to Ronaldo.

The Portuguese turned the ball towards goal with his right foot but his left heel blocked the shot and the ball rebounded into the path of Croatia World Cup forward Mandzukic, who swept it home.

The closest Ronaldo came to breaking his duck was with a vicious dipping effort on the turn in the 71st minute, but it was brilliantly turned over the bar by the Albanian goalkeeper.

“It’s only two weeks that he’s with us,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said.

“He’s intelligent and understands that Italian football is different to that in Spain

Today he played well also in defence, everyone is waiting for his first goal. I’m happy with how he’s fitting in, he is a very humble lad.”

AC Milan stunned the San Paolo when Giacomo Bonaventura’s unorthodox volley put them ahead in the 15th minute and Davide Calabria drove in the second from Suso’s clever layoff four minutes after halftime.

Zielinski pulled one back three minutes later, rolling the ball into the far corner from the edge of the area after Milan lost possession in their own half, and from then on a Napoli fightback looked to be on the cards.

The Pole drove home the equaliser in the 67th minute after an attempted Milan clearance from a corner landed at his feet and substitute Dries Mertens completed the job with 10 minutes left, turning in Allan’s low cross at the far post.

There was another big cheer shortly afterwards when former Napoli striker Higuain shot high and wide from his only real opening of the match.

The win took Napoli, last season’s runners-up, level with Juven on six points.

With AAP