Angry Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said it was lucky the final whistle blew in the 1-1 home draw with AC Milan on Sunday because his team could have lost.
Juve took an early 1-0 lead thanks to Alvaro Morata’s strike and looked in control going into the latter stages but they spurned a chance to earn their first Serie A win of the season.
Ante Rebic equalised late in the second half and Milan had chances to win as the Turin side failed to keep a Serie A clean sheet for the first time since early March.
“Luckily the referee whistled for the end otherwise we could have lost it,” Allegri said.
“Tonight I’m quite angry. The team played well in the first half, only conceding a long shot to Milan.
“In the end, we even risked losing despite the fact that until they equalised we were in total control.
“Unfortunately we lost attention and determination.”
Allegri also shouldered some of the blame for a result that leaves Juve languishing in 18th place on two points from four matches after bringing on forwards Moise Kean, Federico Chiesa and Dejan Kulusevski in the second half.
