‘It’s important to have someone like Ronaldo- Allegri 

Massimiliano Allegri praised Cristiano Ronaldo for ‘changing the whole game’ with his 600th club career goal in Juventus’ 1-1 draw with Inter on Saturday.

Ronaldo picked out the bottom corner of the net 62 minutes in at San Siro after a give-and-go with Miralem Pjanic to bring up his landmark strike, shortly after having a shot from close range closed down by Stefan de Vrij.

Juventus boss Allegri was pleased with the way his side, without key men such as Paulo Dybala, Mario Mandzukic and Sami Khedira, battled back to earn a share of the points in the Derby d’Italia clash.

“It’s important to have someone like Ronaldo, because before the goal he made a mistake on another chance and his reaction to that changed his performance and consequently the whole game,” Allegri told DAZN.

“We did risk going 2-0 behind, but then it was a good second half performance. It wasn’t easy – Inter are a strong side and we were down to the bare bones. We’ve got to compliment the lads, as we ended on a high.”

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Juventus sealed their eighth successive Serie A title with last weekend’s 2-1 win over Fiorentina, but that achievement has been clouded somewhat following their quarter-final defeat to Ajax in the Champions League.