Medhi Benatia is happy to be back in Serie A and is delighted to be playing for Juventus under Massimo Allegri. The 29-year-old Moroccan has been lavishing praise on his new tactician declaring that; “Against Udinese, Allegri has behaved a little like Guardiola does, changing the role of the players but on Saturday this was caused by loss of personnel. We had Chiellini and Pjanic both missing and Allegri found the right solution. With Allegri the team is much more secure”.
 

Benatia’s bianconeri teammate Alex Sandro backed up these claims when he stated that; “He is very demanding but that keeps us as a group and makes us stronger. He always wants us to improve technically, physically and psychologically. We all focus on improving ourselves on a day to day basis. The Livorno tactician deployed a 4-4-2 system on Saturday night when tow Pauolo Dybala strikes maintained the bianconeri’s five point advantage at the top of Serie A.

Steve Mitchell @barafundler