After victory over Torino, Pavel Nedved insists Juventus were never in crisis.

Two massive wins over the Granata and Real Madrid has Juve again bouncing and Nedved smiled wryly: "What crisis? It's something you guys invent. You can't win every game - there's 60 in a season.

"We won two important games and the players are happy because we knew the fans were hurting."

On his hug for coach Claudio Ranieri at the end of the Toro win, Nedved added: "That gives you all the answers you're looking for. We were always united and we believed in Ranieri.

"We are close and we have spoken, we know we're all in the same boat. No one has wanted to pull out and we won for him."