Allegri would be happy to finish February with same gap from UCL spot

The Bianconeri ended the year flawlessly by beating relegation-threatened

2-0 at home to get closer to four points from

in fourth place.

headed home the opener in the 40th minute of the first half before

ended his 43-match goal drought in Serie A after he sent the ball into the far corner in the 83rd minute of the game.

Allegri

was asked about the shift moving Kean to center-forward and

in the wider role during the first half.

“Morata was getting irritable, he wasn’t attacking the space or moving, so I preferred to move Kean into a center-forward role. Morata then relaxed, had a bit more space when starting from wide and it worked well,”

Allegri told DAZN

.

have recently recovered their form, and with Atalanta's sluggishness, they are currently only four points from fourth place.

“I would be happy to reach the end of February with this gap so we can challenge for the top four. I would be very pleased with that situation,”

continued Allegri

.

“We have a lot of head-to-head clashes in January and February, so after that our fixture list could become simpler, while the others all face each other. We had 11 points in head-to-head clashes, but where we’re missing points is in the other fixtures.”

Before the game, Bianconeri CEO

Maurizio Arrivabene

said that players nowadays are more loyal to their agents than to the club jersey.

“I have nothing to say. De Ligt had a very good game today, Leo is transmitting the Juventus values to him. Paulo is a great player, we’re waiting for him to get to full fitness,”

added Allegri

.

“The important thing will be having everyone in good shape for January and February.”

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