Juventus coach Max Allegri admitted relief after victory over AS Roma.
Juve won 1-0 thanks to Adrien Rabiot's goal from a Dusan Vlahovic flick.
Allegri said: It was a good game, because playing against Roma is never easy, especially when Jose Mourinho is on the opposition bench
We ran risks in the first half with a few Paulo Dybala balls that went into the box, but remained solid. We scored after the restart and could've had a second goal.
It was important to win, especially as we continue to break away from the teams behind us. Once it comes to January 7, we'll see how many points we racked up in the first half of the season.
At this moment, I think we are in good shape physically, the last three days of training were good too and we had some impressive passing moves today. We gave the ball away a bit too often and need to work on that, but above all on the diagonal passes and how to play out from the back," added Allegri.
The best thing is that after conceding straight after taking the lead, see against Frosinone and Genoa, the team has returned to being afraid of conceding a goal. When you are afraid of conceding a goal, you defend with greater concentration."
