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Allegri admits Juve deserved defeat to Young Boys

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Max Allegri admits Juventus deserved defeat to Young Boys, but “achieved our objective” of topping the Champions League group.

The Bianconeri lost their unbeaten away record after 26 competitive games, stretching back to November 2017, but topped the group anyway as Manchester United lost 2-1 to Valencia.

“We achieved our objective by winning the group, even on a night where everything seemed to go wrong,” the Coach told Rai Sport.

“We missed so many opportunities and gifted a penalty, so at the end of the day it was only right that we lost.”

Paulo Dybala came off the bench to score a powerful finish and was about to get the equaliser, but it was disallowed for Cristiano Ronaldo’s offside position.

“It was offside. In any case, an equaliser wouldn’t have changed anything at that point. We started well and were not lazy in our approach, things just didn’t go our way, but we still won the group and I therefore thank the lads.

“I preferred to rest Miralem Pjanic ahead of the derby with Torino on Saturday.”

Juventus could face Atletico Madrid, Tottenham, Liverpool, Schalke, Ajax or Lyon in the Round of 16.

“It doesn’t matter who we face, as long as we reach February in good shape.”