and Gianluigi Buffon said the defending champions had
no one to blame but themselves.
Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon said the Serie A holders must
stop blaming referees and start to take responsibility following
Wednesday's loss at Sassuolo.
Nicola Sansone scored a 20th-minute free-kick as Sassuolo
triumphed 1-0 and condemned stuttering champions Juve to
their fourth defeat of the season.
Juve had defender Giorgio Chiellini sent off for a second
bookable offence six minutes prior to half-time, but Buffon
refused to point the finger at referee Andrea Gervasoni after the
visitors slumped to a third away loss of the campaign.
"Our first-half display was unacceptable. If we'd been a
provincial side, I might have been satisfied with the way we
played over 50 minutes with 10 men," the Italy international
goalkeeper said via Juve's official website.
"But given our objectives here at Juventus, we return home
extremely disappointed.
"Referees do not make mistakes on purpose and so I’m not
accepting the red card as an excuse.
"It's very simple, if you don't win any of your 50-50s or aerial
battles and you can't string together three passes, then that's
no recipe for success."
Juventus languish in 12th position in the Serie A standings after
10 rounds, 11 points adrift of leaders Roma.
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