That's pants! Striker strips off to his undies in celebration after scoring winning goal for Juventus

That's pants! Striker strips off to his undies in celebration after scoring winning goal for Juventus - Mirko Vucinic scored winning penalty to beat Pescara 2-1 in Turin - He was given yellow card for stunt, defying ban on players taking shirts off 

Juventus continued their march towards back-to-back Serie A titles with a 2-1 win over Pescara in Turin.

The Bianconeri were made to wait for their latest success, which moves them 12 points clear of second-placed Napoli, with Mirko Vucinic firing in a 72nd-minute penalty after Giuseppe Rizzo saw red.

Vucinic added the second moments later, whipped off his shorts in celebration and was promptly substituted by boss Antonio Conte ahead of the midweek Champions League quarter-final second leg against Bayern Munich.

The striker was given a yellow card for his cheeky antics, which were a way of avoiding a ban on players taking their shirts off.

Unique celebration: Juventus striker Mirko Vucinic waves his shorts as he celebrates after scoring against Pescara

Off they come: Vucinic takes his shorts off after scoring and waves them over his head

Spot on: Vucinic scores his penalty 

Juve were made to sweat as Emmanuel Cascione curled in a stunning effort - Pescara's first shot on target - with seven minutes left.

Rolando Bianchi's stoppage-time equaliser grabbed a 2-2 draw for Torino at Bologna. 

Paulo Vitor Barreto sent Torino ahead on 25 minutes but Bologna looked like they had grabbed the game away after the break.

Panagiotis Kone levelled on 65 minutes before substitute Tiberio Guarente seemingly won it with four minutes left. But Bianchi popped up late to share the points.

It's not the first time Vucinic has felt the need to remove his shorts in celebration - he did the same while representing Montenegro against Switzerland in October 2010, completing the look by wearing them on his head.

Nearly there: Juventus' players celebrate winning against Pescara and closing in on the title

Stephen Ireland partially got his kit off to celebrate a 2007 goal for Manchester City, while Denmark's Nicklas Bendtner was fined £80,000 and banned for one game by UEFA for dropping his shorts to reveal a sponsor's name on the waistband of his trunks.

The end of the 2005 season saw at least two emotional players baring their emotions in the same style as Vucinic. John Arne Riise celebrated Liverpool's Champions League semi-final win over Chelsea by revealing a grey pair of briefs while Newcastle United's Laurent Robert bowed out of St James' Park by removing his strip before waving goodbye to fans.

Not the first time: Vucinic celebrated a goal against Switzerland in October 2010 by whipping off his shorts and wearing them on his head

Stephen Ireland celebrated a 2007 goal for Manchester City by dropping his shorts 

Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner was fined £80,000 and banned for one international game by UEFA after pulling his shorts down during Euro 2012 to reveal a sponsor's logo emblazoned on his boxers

In 2005, John Arne Riise celebrated Liverpool's Champions League win over Chelsea by baring nearly-all, while Laurent Robert said goodbye to the Toon by stripping off his strip at St James' Park at the end of the season //dailymail.co.uk

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