Allegri: It was deathly silent in the locker room despite victory

after two defeats in the

managed to beat Maccabi Haifa 3-1 at home on Wednesday. Adrien Rabiot scored two goals and Dusan Vlahovic was also on the scoresheet. Angel Di Maria assisted all three goals.

“Di Maria was marvellous with his passes, an extraordinary player, his first game in quite a while and he did really well,”

Allegri told Sky Sport Italia.

“I was very angry at the end, because you can’t just leave the game in the final 15 minutes and start messing around. You get the chances to score five or six, but if you concede one and then get scared, that is really damaging.

“The lads were intelligent though, because when we got back into the locker room it was deathly silent, no celebrating. That showed me they realised what had happened.

“We tried to be a bit too pretty and then got scared. Let Di Maria do what Di Maria does, let the others focus on what they need to do.”

Rabiot who scored twice was close to leaving Juventus and joining Manchester United last summer but Allegri says he can still improve.

“He has improved a lot, has matured and at 27 is reaching his peak. He can still improve his forward play and get the passes away quicker.”

Allegri also admits that Vlahovic should have scored more than one goal against Maccabi Haifa and he needs to improve.

“Vlahovic did well on a technical level today, I’d say his best performance on that score, but should’ve scored more as he had four chances and only finished one. He needs to improve the way he gets away from his markers.”

Paris Saint-Germain was held 1-1 against Benfica in the other match. Both of them have seven points after three matches. Juventus has three points and Maccabi Haifa has zero.

“We must try to win in Israel and then see what happens in Lisbon, but obviously the final match is going to be decisive.”

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