Empoli boss Maurizio Sarri was left disappointed with defeat at Juventus yesterday.

Carlos Tevez and Roberto Pereyra struck the goals for Juve.

Sarri was irritated in stoppages and sent off for dissent.

"I was talking to my player, so the officials must've misunderstood me and thought I was aiming those words at them," Coach Sarri told Sky Sport Italia.

"It's a shame, as the lads did everything to put in a great performance and had many scoring opportunities to equalise.

"Juve were running out of steam, yet we ended the game with 10 men due to injury and conceded after that. It's a very harsh result indeed, so there are regrets after we played so well against a team that is running away with the title.

"I thought we had something more than Juventus in the second half. The result makes it look like we were crushed, but that was really not the case."