Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri was happy with what he saw after their 1-1 draw with Inter Milan in Nanjing.

Juve striker Cristiano Ronaldo cancelled out a Matthijs de Ligt own goal, then Gigi Buffon saved three Inter penalties in the shoot-out.

“De Ligt was playing during our worst period of the game, but he has no responsibility in that," assured Sarri on Sportitalia.

“Ronaldo had the usual excellent performance. We can improve a great deal in our attacking moves and that would make it easier for him.

“Buffon's great strength is that he's a born fighter. He was ready when called upon and was extraordinary in the shoot-out."

Juventus had lost their first International Champions Cup game 3-2 to Tottenham after a late Harry Kane wonder goal.

“It was a not dissimilar game to the one we played against Tottenham, struggling at the start and with a low tempo. We did very well in the second half, pressing the opposition high on their wing-backs.

“We can improve, particularly on pressing high to win the ball back when defending. We must focus on defending by going forward, not allowing them to get behind us.

“We did that better in the first half-hour of the second half, with more courage, more pressing to regain possession.

“It's normal that it takes a while to change that mentality. I made a mistake this morning, as I got them to have a 45-minute training session, but we felt it in this heat.

“I told the players in the dressing room that we could accept errors in movement, but I didn't want to see passivity. We have to defend pushing forward and not running backwards, so the lads got the message."