Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has passionately defended his tactics after being questioned over whether he always plays for 1-0 wins.
The Italian giants have won six Serie A matches by that scoreline this season, and looked to be heading for another narrow victory when Dusan Vlahovic put them ahead against Nantes in the Europa League on Thursday.
But Juventus failed to kill off the game, and Nantes grabbed an equaliser on the hour mark through Ludovic Blas.
Following the match, Allegri was quizzed on why his side had not looked for more goals ahead of the second leg, and it was put to him that he seemed satisfied with a 1-0 triumph. Allegri hit back emphatically, denying this was the case.
'I never said I wanted Juve to win 1-0, you drive me crazy with this rubbish. It’s this cliche that I want my teams to win 1-0, but that is not accurate,' he told Sky Italia.
'It’s simple, look at all the statistics of my teams, I always had the best defence and the second best attack. You cannot escape from the statistics. Look at Milan and Juventus, that is my record.
'My teams always scored 70-80 goals per season. You lot chat about nothing, I talk about numbers, that is the problem.
'I know you have to sit there and talk about nothing to fill time, but I don’t. You imagined this, created the story and then keep spreading it.
'You see things abstract, I see what is concrete. You’ve got all the statistics, look at them. In football, there is just one thing that counts: winning games.
'It doesn’t matter if it is 1-0 or 5-0. But the fact remains my teams always had the best defence and second best attack.'
Allegri won five league titles during his first spell at Juventus, but his second spell has not gone to plan, with the team finishing fourth last season.
They ended the campaign with fewer goals than every other team in the top nine, and had the fourth-best defensive record.
This season has been even more challenging after the team were deducted 15 points last month following an investigation into their transfer dealings.
This has left the side in mid-table, with the sixth-best attacking record in the division, although only league leaders Napoli have shipped fewer goals.
Juventus will travel to France next week knowing that they need to progress and go on to win the Europa League to have a realistic chance of making next season's Champions League following their points deduction.