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Juventus coach Thiago Motta was left ecstatic by his gamers who produced a medical efficiency towards Manchester Metropolis.
The Bianconeri had been in dire want of a victory to a enhance their standing within the Champions League group stage, and so they managed to tug it off on the expense of the free-falling Premier League champions.
Whereas Pep Guardiola’s males had the lion share of ball possession, the Bianconeri had been blissful to maintain their defensive traces tight and harry their opponents on counter-attacks, with Kenan Yildiz and Francisco Conceicao wreaking havoc on the flanks.
After a goalless first half, Dusan Vlahovic broke the impasse {that a} header what simply went previous the goalline, whereas Weston McKennie got here off the bench to substantiate the victory with a second objective.
Due to this fact, Motta was thrilled along with his males’s show, insisting that he and his employees are fortunate to have such a top quality squad at their disposal.
“Tonight we needed to do numerous issues effectively, particularly with reference to compactness and focus. We defended effectively, with out conceding house, and struck at key moments,” mentioned the 42-year-old in his post-match interviews as printed by the official Juventus web site.
“It was an amazing efficiency from everybody, even those that got here on later within the recreation, they contributed when referred to as upon. McKennie, for instance, had an amazing recreation: he has a singular mixture of bodily and technical qualities that enable him to be harmful within the last third.
“We’re lucky to have gamers like that. This was an amazing night time, however each recreation is completely different. In Leipzig, for instance, the method needed to be completely different due to the kind of opponent. Right now we had been compact in defence and harmful on the counter-attack, however all the time performed with high quality.”
Motta believes this may stay an evening to cherish for he and his gamers, however urges the staff to show their consideration in the direction of Saturday’s Serie A contest towards Venezia.
“The sentiments we skilled tonight are speical, and these are moments that remind us why we do that job. When the time comes, we are going to consider the place we are able to enhance.
“It can be crucial that there’s concord between everybody and that we proceed to observe the identical philosophy. Proper now, although, we’ve to remain targeted: we are going to face Venezia this weekend and we’ve to keep up this stage.”
