Max Allegri admits Juventus suffered “a bad setback” with their 2-1 defeat to Fiorentina, “but nobody thought we’d win the title in January.”
The Bianconeri fell to their fourth defeat of the Serie A season, only one less than throughout all of last term.
“There were a lot of free kicks and cards, not that much football played,” the Coach told Mediaset Premium.
Max Allegri admits Juventus suffered “a bad setback” with their 2-1 defeat to Fiorentina, “but nobody thought we’d win the title in January.”
The Bianconeri fell to their fourth defeat of the Serie A season, only one less than throughout all of last term.
“There were a lot of free kicks and cards, not that much football played,” the Coach told Mediaset Premium.
“It’s a bad setback for us, but we still have the chance to be four points clear and nobody thought we’d win the title in January.
“Teams play the game of a lifetime against us, such as Fiorentina and Genoa, so we must always have our energy up and give everything, because the opposition do with us.
“It’s going to be a battle and we need to fight it out for every single point from here to May 28. It won’t be easy.”
Nikola Kalinic and Milan Badelj (possibly with a Federico Chiesa touch) sealed a deserved Fiorentina victory, while Gonzalo Higuain only got a late consolation goal.
“We did not move well in the first half. There was some improvement in the second. There were overall too many errors and we didn’t pass it out of defence well enough, which gave Fiorentina confidence to keep pushing us back.
“Roma and Napoli are behind us, so it’ll be a fight to the end, but we must learn from this defeat. It’s not enough to do less than 100 per cent, because the opposition gives more than 100 per cent against us.”
Some of Allegri's tactical decisions caused confusion, such as keeping Miralem Pjanic on the bench.
"In yesterday's training session Pjanic had a slight muscular problem and thinking about the fixtures we've got coming up, I didn't want to risk him."