Juventus coach Thiago Motta praised his players for their dedication and hard work after Sunday's 1-0 derby d'Italia victory at Inter Conteat their recent revival.
Francisco Conukicao hit the only goal of the match in Turin when Juventus de Nerrazrazurri only traded their third loss of the season and climbing the top four in the process.
Juventus has already signed this term 13 league games to be in the right place of the pace of the Frontunners of Scudetto, but they have now merged four straight victories in all competitions.
“I don't do my work to please someone or explode, I do it myself because I know we are on the right track,” Motta told reporters after Sunday's game.
“I like to see the team improve, fight, work hard and play good football to win the game.
“The players mainly earn the support of the fans. They give everything every day for the team and for Juventus.”
Thinking about Juve's victory over reigning champions Inter, who stay two points behind the leaders Napoli, Motta said that his team had started in the first half for the time being.
“We certainly had a different energy in the second half. The first was tough, and we showed them too much respect, so they left too much time on the ball,” he said.
“We know that Inter has a lot of quality, but if you don't press them, you will eventually struggle. We did it much better in the second half.”
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Motta added that performing at home at the Allianz Stadium had turned out to be a greater challenge than this season to play, although the Bianoconeri have won all four of their matches in Turin since the turn of the year.
“We seem to have more freedom of home,” he said. “At home we had to deal with struggles.
“The first half tonight was a memory of that, but in the second half we pressed High, played good football and deserved the victory.”
Juventus goes to the Netherlands on Wednesday for the second stage of their Champions League play-off with PSV, before being confronted with Cagliari in Serie A in the Serie A on Sunday.
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