Max Allegri admits Juventus were lucky to beat Napoli and “as we’re top of the table, we are now Scudetto favourites.”
The Bianconeri had their worst ever start to a Serie A season, but with 15 consecutive victories became leaders for the first time since winning the title last May.
“Are we the Scudetto favourites? Alright I’ll make you happy. As we are now top of the table, we are the favourites,” the Coach told reporters in a Press conference.
Max Allegri admits Juventus were lucky to beat Napoli and “as we’re top of the table, we are now Scudetto favourites.”
The Bianconeri had their worst ever start to a Serie A season, but with 15 consecutive victories became leaders for the first time since winning the title last May.
“Are we the Scudetto favourites? Alright I’ll make you happy. As we are now top of the table, we are the favourites,” the Coach told reporters in a Press conference.
Simone Zaza’s 88th minute strike took a decisive deflection off Raul Albiol to decide the 1-0 result.
“Luck is fundamental in life. A friend of mine used to tell me: always hang around with the lucky ones!
“It was a very complicated match. Napoli are a side who play really well and the lads did well to stop them taking the initiative.
“We had the strength and patience to let them pass the ball around. These are tactical games, the kind that need an incident to break the deadlock.
“Gonzalo Higuain is an extraordinary striker, but he was faced with Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci and then Daniele Rugani.
“It was an important victory for the campaign, especially as we kept our distance from third place. I am very happy that we were able to beat a Napoli side that came here on the back of eight consecutive wins.
“I still believe it’ll be an exciting end to the season. Napoli aren’t the only ones challenging for the title, as Inter and Fiorentina will be up there too.
“These have been three very intense months and it was a great achievement to overtake Napoli.”
Allegri still had pointers for his side even after an all-time club record run.
“We are improving, but can do even better. Paul Pogba likes to showboat a bit too much, but he’ll slowly improve this aspect of his game too.”