Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri was pleased to overcome Roma 1-0 on Sunday.

Paulo Dybala struck the winner for Juve.

"It was a difficult game because Roma closed us down," Allegri told Sky Sport Italia.

“We did well in the opening 20 minutes, but Dybala and Mario Mandzukic weren't finishing off the service. Dybala kept going too wide on the right in the first half and wasn't finding the spaces.

“Of course at the end he did score an extraordinary goal. It's not easy to get 11 consecutive victories in Serie A, especially after we used up a lot of energy against Lazio in the Coppa Italia on Wednesday."

Juve had such a disastrous start to the campaign, but are now two points off leaders Napoli and four clear of third-placed Inter and Fiorentina.

“The club evaluated the situation, changed a lot of players over the summer and brought in youngsters, so it needed a bit of patience. In the same way, we need balance during this moment of 11 straight wins.

“Napoli are doing exceptionally well, we must try to do even better to catch and leapfrog them."