Thiago Motta was happy Juventus ended their run of attracts with a 2-1 win at Monza on Sunday, however admitted they need to have wrapped up the factors earlier.
Juve had drawn their final 4 Serie A matches in a row, however first-half objectives from Weston McKennie and Nicolas Gonzalez on both facet of Samuele Birindelli’s equaliser snapped that streak.
It was Juventus’ 1,700th win within the Italian top-flight, whereas they’re now unbeaten of their final 25 league video games (W9 D16), the longest present streak with out defeat within the Huge-5 European leagues.
“We’ve got at all times struggled towards groups that defend and go on the counter,” Motta informed DAZN.
“We would have liked to kill off the sport. That is a part of the expansion course of, taking the additional danger towards these groups and probably permitting counter-attacks.
“We had been within the place to do the transitions with high quality within the second half once we had been within the lead, however we didn’t do it properly sufficient.”
Regardless of the win, Juventus stay 9 factors off leaders Atalanta however Motta stated he didn’t have a look at the standings going into the festive season.
“We solely have a look at the desk on the finish of the season. Earlier than that, we take it one sport at a time and attempt to intention for the utmost end result towards each opponent,” he added.
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Key midfielder Teun Koopmeiners was substituted on the break, with Motta confirming that he was uncomfortable and had been taken off as a precaution.
“Koopmeiners felt a little bit of a pull in his adductor, we didn’t need to danger it,” he stated.
Gonzalez has now scored in two matches in a row in all competitions for the primary time since September-October 2023 for Fiorentina (towards Frosinone and Cagliari in Serie A).
Motta praised the winger for his versatility after he performed within the gap simply behind striker Dusan Vlahovic.
“He can play on the suitable or left, as a centre-forward, however I additionally see him doing properly there. I solely ever use gamers in a task if they’re satisfied that they will do it.”
In the meantime, Gonzalez stated he’s pleased to play out of place for Juventus following his two-month absence as a consequence of muscular issues.
“To assist the staff, I may also play as goalkeeper, I additionally let the coach know that,” Gonzalez informed DAZN after netting the winner.
