Claudio Ranieri insists Juventus' mini crisis is over after their hard-fought victory over Catania.

Vincenzo Iaquinta had opened the scoring only to be sent off for a second bookable offence moments later, but Christian Poulsen came off the bench to secure a 2-1 victory in stoppages.

"We had lost our shape, but we are finding it again," smiled Ranieri after ending a run of two straight Serie A defeats.

"I was trying to find my team, which had gone missing in recent games and above all our shape and balance.

"Today we played well with 10 men against 11 and a Catania side that never gave up. Poulsen is recovering well and already impressed me against Napoli in the Coppa Italia."

Ranieri left Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet on the bench for the trip to Sicily and explained his decisions.

"Trezeguet is coming back from a long lay-off and had already played an hour on Wednesday in the Coppa Italia.

"Del Piero has played two excellent games, but I thought it right to give Iaquinta a chance, as he is finding his form again."