News round-upCeltic's injury problems mounted yesterday when striker Chris Sutton became the latest player to join the Scottish champions' extensive list of absentees.
Sutton strained a chest muscle and was forced off as Aberdeen ended Celtic's unbeaten Premier League record on Wednesday with a 3-2 win at Parkhead.
A scan yesterday confirmed Sutton's injury and the Glasgow club expect him to be missing for a "few weeks", ruling him out of home matches with Motherwell in the league tomorrow and Tuesday's Champions League Group F clash with Shakhtar Donetsk.
Sutton could also be ruled out of the Old Firm games with Rangers at Ibrox in the League Cup quarter-finals on November 10th and in the league 10 days later.
Manager Martin O'Neill, who has described his squad as "threadbare", said: "We're obviously very disappointed as this is a big blow, but it's one we'll all simply have to recover from."
Alan Thompson, Henri Camara, Stephen McManus, Joos Valgaeren, John Kennedy, Shaun Maloney, Ulrik Laursen and David Fernandez all missed the Aberdeen match due to injury.
That home defeat and Rangers' 2-1 win at Dunfermline Athletic the same night has cut Celtic's lead to four points.
Meanwhile, in Italy, Juventus moved five points clear at the top of Serie A after goals from Alessandro Del Piero and Marcelo Zalayeta gave them a 2-0 win over AS Roma yesterday.
Juve, with seven wins in eight matches, have 22 points while AC Milan, who beat Atalanta 3-0 on Wednesday, are second on 17 points with Lecce a further two points behind in third .
Both teams struggled in heavy rain at Juve's Delle Alpi stadium but Del Piero fired the home side ahead in the 31st minute with a 20-metre drive after being set up by Mauro Camoranesi.
Uruguayan Zalayeta replaced Del Piero in the 72nd minute and just two minutes later he doubled Juve's lead, bursting past Roma defender Matteo Ferrarri before driving home. Juve's Emerson was sent off in the 89th minute for a second yellow card.
