Thiago Motta after Juventus’ 2-2 draw v Parma: “We didn’t do what was necessary” | OneFootball

Serie A giants Juventus were held to a 2-2 draw by Parma earlier today and they dropped further away in the title race.

Parma scored early in the game before the Bianconeri equalised. While the visitors made it 2-1 later in the half, the Old Lady found another goal early in the second half. Despite having some chances later in the game, Motta’s side failed to win.

They have now dropped to fourth in the table, as Atalanta climbed above them due to their win at the same kick-off time.

After the game, Motta spoke to reporters at the press conference and he stated that Juve never did enough to pick up all three points.

He said, as relayed by TMW: “Tonight we wanted a different result, because we know we can do better. Today we didn’t do what was necessary to win. We need to leave this game behind and recover our energy to face Udinese at our best.”

Speaking about the individual errors made during the game, the Juve boss said: “It’s part of the game. We have very strong players who at times want to do too much and make mistakes. We have to do better and we certainly will, because we have very strong players.”

The Federico Gatti-Danilo partnership wasn’t great in the game and Motta was asked to address their problems.

He said: “During the whole match we have to bring balance to the game in the opponent’s half. We often committed in the final meters and we allowed Parma to restart. Physically and psychologically we gave the opponents an advantage. On Danilo-Gatti? I looked at the team, not just them. As a team we did well and badly at times.”

Juve are now seven points away from the top of the table and that is a big blow to their title hopes.

Kaustubh Pandey I GIFN