Gonzalo Higuain says Juventus Coach Max Allegri has shown courage to switch to a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The Old Lady have dominated Italian football since the turn of the decade by predominantly lining up in a 3-5-2, firstly under Antonio Conte before Allegri's arrival in 2014.

However, the former Milan boss has increasingly been using a new shape of late, a move which forward Higuain is fully behind.

"The boss had the courage to change the formation," the Argentine told Italian television. "Whoever plays is showing they can do it.

Gonzalo Higuain says Juventus Coach Max Allegri has shown courage to switch to a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The Old Lady have dominated Italian football since the turn of the decade by predominantly lining up in a 3-5-2, firstly under Antonio Conte before Allegri's arrival in 2014.

However, the former Milan boss has increasingly been using a new shape of late, a move which forward Higuain is fully behind.

"The boss had the courage to change the formation," the Argentine told Italian television. "Whoever plays is showing they can do it.

"We are still hoping to develop, there is still a long way to go. If we play like that it will be difficult for everyone.

"With this formation we need to make an extra effort going forward. We will keep playing in this formation and with these performances, we want to try and win the sixth Scudetto (in a row)."

The 29-year-old then discussed this afternoon's 2-0 win over Sassuolo, praising Juve's improvement in attitude from their recent defeat to Fiorentina.

"On other away trips we have got our attitude wrong, this time we didn't and we brought it home.

"We still need to improve and we can't make mistakes. After losing in Florence it was hard to maintain our high pressure."

Finally, Higuain dismissed Paulo Dybala's angry reaction to being substituted, in which he refused to shake Allegri's hand, as 'normal.'

"We are creating a lot of goal scoring chances. I still haven't seen Dybala but it is normal that everyone always wants to play."

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