Juventus deserved to lose, says Buffon

SundaySampdoria 1-0 BolognaTorino 2-2 FiorentinaAtalanta 0-1 GenoaUS Pescara 0-1 AS RomaChievo 0-0 Siena

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Buffon and Juve suffered their second defeat of the season.

SundaySampdoria 1-0 BolognaTorino 2-2 FiorentinaAtalanta 0-1 GenoaUS Pescara 0-1 AS RomaChievo 0-0 SienaROME – Gianluigi Buffon said Juventus deserved to lose against Milan on Sunday, but Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri admitted that the penalty that earned his side a 1-0 win should not have been given.Juventus suffered their second defeat of the season - their first away from home since May 2011 - and Buffon, who got a hand to Robinho’s penalty, said he and his team-mates had failed to perform.He told Sky Italia: "In my view it wasn’t a penalty, but incidents like that can happen."The fact remains that we had time to get the game back on track and didn’t do it. We had an hour to muster some kind of response."The truth is that we deserved to lose this time. Being self-critical is the best way to educate people. You can never know what the real reasons are behind a defeat, but something was missing tonight in many aspects, and it was visible.”Milan coach Allegri, who saw his side finally move into the top half of the table, told the same channel: "From the touchline it really did seem like a spot-kick, but watching the replays it should not have been given."This game was a real battle by the players. We only allowed Juventus one shot on target, while there were four or five great scoring opportunities for us.”