GOALESS Debut for Cristiano Ronaldo as Juventus won Chievo 2-3

Cristiano Ronaldo's debut was a thriller - but not for reasons he will enjoy.

The £88m signing failed to find his range with a series of efforts denied by the miraculous Stefano Sorrentino.

The Italian champions dominated early though and took the lead through Sami Khedira - who repaid the backing given to him by Max Allegri despite signing Emre Can.

Ronaldo had a couple of sighters early on, but failed to hit the target: dragging wide with a shot from Juan Cuadrado's square pass and then blazing over a volley from a tight angle.

For all Juve's dominance, a mistake from Leonardo Bonucci, who was given a hostile reception upon his return to the club, cost them their lead.

Mariusz Stepinski leaped high and buried a header to bring the sides level.

Emanuele Giaccherini then haunted his old side, dribbling past another new signing in Joao Cancelo to win a penalty before grabbing the ball to convert for a shock lead.

But a Mattia Bani own-goal sparked a late rally by bringing the sides level with a header and repaid some of the faith shown in him by Juve to bring him home under controversial circumstances.

Mario Mandzukic thought he had won it with a header - only for Ronaldo's handball to rule it out with an assist from VAR.

But Federico Bernardeschi's winner in stoppage time brought a close to a dramatic game - if not an entirely enjoyable one for the main man.