Juventus coach Gigi del Neri was beaming after victory at AC Milan.
Fabio Quagliarella and Alessandro Del Piero snatched a shock 2-1 Juventus victory away to Milan despite Zlatan Ibrahimovic's late header.
Del Neri declared: "Of course I am satisfied with our performance. As I always say, Juventus doesn't depend on one player, but on Juventus. We suffered at times, but fought hard on every ball and that is the mentality we need this season.
"The side has an approach where it knows how to sacrifice itself and struggle at times, working hard even with people like Alessandro Del Piero. Weekend after weekend, we are earning ourselves an important slot in this campaign.
"This Juventus proved it has nine lives and there will be tough moments, but the spirit is that of Juve. That's what I wanted to see."
Last week Del Neri said the title was not something for the Bianconeri to be concerned with, but has that now changed?
"We can certainly be protagonists. As for the Scudetto we said before this game that there are no limits to what we are doing and we'll see where we end up in May. I think the image of the current Juve is one that sets weekly objectives, not long-term, as that is the way to find success.
"We played as a compact team, the defence showed courage and is right now more confident than before. The strikers show great quality, but also worked very hard today and for example helped to mark Andrea Pirlo out of the game."
