Juventus coach Max Allegri was delighted after Friday night's rout of Empoli.

Juve won 4-0 thanks to goals from Moise Kean, Weston McKennie, Juan Cuadrado and Adrien Rabiot.

"We are looking a bit more like a team now. We started well this season, then got a week completely wrong and that is what's holding us back in Serie A, so we need to recover that gap," Allegri told DAZN.

“It was not easy, as for 60 minutes Empoli really make you suffer, they press and pass constantly, we could've doubled our lead and also risked an equaliser. Then in the second half we stepped up a gear, Empoli fell away a bit, and it became a very entertaining match with lots of chances.

“We are improving, the fact the team kept a different tempo after the break shows our fitness levels are improving. We worked well in training, now on Tuesday we have a big game and must go to overturn this result."