Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri dismissed claims his side played for a draw at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday night, suggesting critic Arrigo Sacchi had been "watching a different game."
Juve, who have a 100 percent record in Serie A, lost 1-0 to Atletico in the Spanish capital as Arda Turan scored the only goal of the game.
Former AC Milan boss Sacchi accused the Italian champions afterwards of being too negative, leading Allegri to hit back on Mediaset telelvision as the pair held a heated discussion
"Either you were watching a different game, or I've seen a different one," Allegri replied. "You and I have two different footballing philosophies. We were trying to limit Atletico's strengths by controlling the ball. We had a lot of possession."
Sacchi asked if the possession game equated to playing for a draw, to which Allegri said: "No, we played to win. We just didn't manage it.
"We played a good game technically and didn't concede much. It wasn't easy because they defend well and don't give you much room. We had three or four big chances in the first half and we just got a few passes wrong."
On the eve of the game, the Juve coach had said it was "in the club's DNA to play to win matches" and that they would never settle for second best.
In order to do that in Europe, though, they need to gamble a bit more, according to captain Gianluigi Buffon.
"It was an even game where we didn't create a great deal, but we didn't play badly either," he said. "We could have got a draw out of it, but now we've got to look at how we can improve away from home, where we need to cause a few more problems than we are doing. We've got to be more daring, even if we then take into account that we risk conceding more. Then we'll see where it gets us in the end."
The defeat did not deprive Juve of top spot in Group A -- thanks to goal difference -- with Atletico, Malmo and Olympiakos also having picked up three points from their first two matches.
Juve travel next to Piraeus to face Olympiakos before hosting the Greek side in November. A trip to Malmo follows before the Old Lady end their group-stage campaign at home to last season's runners-up Atletico.
