The Turin giants fell behind after 26 minutes when Insigne scored his third league goal of the campaign in style, playing a one-two with the impressive Higuain before firing low past keeper Gianluigi Buffon from long range.
Juve, Serie A winners for the past four years and last season’s Champions League runners-up, have made a poor start to the new campaign after a summer of upheaval.
The former Chelsea man scored his debut goal against West Ham last weekend but failed to get City over the finishing line as they suffered their first loss of the season after six games. We are on a great run now and we just have to keep it going’.
City and Juventus, who lost to Barcelona in last season’s final, are joined in Group D by Borussia Moenchengladbach and Europa League champions Sevilla.
Sakho scored the decisive goal as the Hammers secured a 2-1 win at league leaders Manchester City on Saturday – his team’s third win out of three matches on the road this season.
Their overall record from 20 away matches against Serie A sides is six wins, eight draws and six losses. “We know it’s not going to be easy”, Roma’s Juan Manuel Iturbe tells his club’s news site this week.
Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo scored the only goal of the contest at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in the 56th minute, rising highest to meet Alex Telles’ corner.
Totti has now scored in 22 consecutive seasons for Roma, and his first half strike cancelled out Gregoire Defrel’s opener, before Matteo Politano made it 2-1 to the visitors before half time.
Manager Manuel Pellegrini suggested the 29-year-old would be in contention for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League meeting with West Ham, and Kompany shares that optimism.