Juventus president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli admits their title hopes have been hit hard after consecutive defeats to Udinese and Cagliari.

He said: "I think these six points we have dropped this week are very important, but seeing what occurred in previous seasons, anything can still happen.

"We have to maintain our grit and belief, then wait and see what happens. Obviously we're not in the same position we were a week ago.

"We were not competitive against Udinese, but with Cagliari we were more impressive and conceded two counter-attacks that changed the game. I saw definite improvements in the performance, if not the result."