Andrea Pirlo concedes it was ‘a bad day in every respect’ in the home defeat to Benevento, but Juventus must ‘continue believing, with a different attitude.’

The Bianconeri were stunned in Turin by relegation-threatened Benevento, who had been without a victory in 11 Serie A rounds.

Did Juve almost feel the pressure of being expected to win against such a ‘weak’ opponent?

Andrea Pirlo concedes it was ‘a bad day in every respect’ in the home defeat to Benevento, but Juventus must ‘continue believing, with a different attitude.’

The Bianconeri were stunned in Turin by relegation-threatened Benevento, who had been without a victory in 11 Serie A rounds.

Did Juve almost feel the pressure of being expected to win against such a ‘weak’ opponent?

“There was no pressure, just the expectation to do better than this. Instead, it was a bad day in every respect, with our attitude, technical errors, everything. When you play like this, you can well lose,” Pirlo told Sky Sport Italia.

“We were eager to win the game, but also knew it would be a difficult match, as Benevento are well-organised with two tight lines, so we had to be calm and spread them out.

“Instead, we were frenetic, made lots of mistakes and unfortunately were unable to get the result we wanted.”

Juve are now 10 points adrift of Inter, so is the title race over?

“We must continue believing, continue our path so that we are up there. As I said yesterday, the objective does not change, but we do need a completely different attitude to this. We wear an important jersey and must honour it every time.”

Arthur’s error was decisive, as his back-pass was very weak and easily intercepted by Adolfo Gaich for the goal.

“The mistake was unlike him, I don’t think he saw the opponent as he was shielded by Bonucci. He should’ve passed it back to the goalkeeper, as a horizontal pass always has an element of danger to it.”

Pirlo was asked what grade out of 10 he would give himself for his work as the Juventus coach so far.

“I don’t judge myself, there are already so many who judge me every day in the media, so I leave you to it.”

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