Juventus Boss Massimiliano Allegri Admits He Was Angry With Side's Display Despite Beating Roma 1-0

Juventus managerMassimiliano Allegri has admitted to being angry with his side's display on Saturday, despite beating title-hopefuls AS Roma 1-0 at theJuventus Stadium in Turin.

Gonzalo Higuain gave the hosts the lead within the opening 15 minutes with a thumping left-footed drive from outside the box.

What followed was a cagey game between two Italian giants, with neither side looking like scoring a second goal to the game.

Even though the win marked Juventus' record-breaking25th consecutive home win, Allegri managed to find faults in his side, claiming that they didn't manage the match well.

"It was a good game between major teams. Winning was important, but the season is long, nothing is confirmed," Allegri told Premium Sport, as quoted byFour Four Two.

"I was angry because we have not managed the match well. Roma have great physicality and we risked losing the ball and allowed them too much space on set-pieces.

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"The 25-game record does not interest me. I am interested in getting to the top in May. We are currently in the lead but we have to see what will happen in a few months, especially when the Champions League returns.

"But let's enjoy this victory, and we will see how the other teams do. It is important to go into the [Supercoppa Italiana] game against AC Milan with the right mental condition.

"[Daniele] Rugani has played a great game against [Edin] Dzeko. Alex Sandro has not missed anything on defence, he could become extraordinary. [Stefano] Sturaro played like [Arturo] Vidal. He fought against the Roma midfield, winning many battles, and it was not easy with Daniele De Rossi, Kevin Strootman and Radja Nainggolan."

The Old Lady were handed a blow in the second-half when ex-Roma playmakerMiralem Pjanic came off with a hip injury, meaning that he could miss Juve's upcomingSupercoppa Italiana clash with Milan this Friday.

"Pjanic took a hit to his hip. There's six days to recover, but we will see this week how he is," Allegri added.

Roma bossLuciano Spalletti felt that Juventus were ultimatelytoo strong for his side and that they have to perform well in the next few weeks to cut the seven-point gap to the league-leaders.

"Juve have proven to be very strong, we are going to have to be very good to recover points," Spalletti told Premium Sport.

"They were better at an individual level. We need to score more goals to win this type of game, that is something we have to overcome."