“All the strikers at Juventus make sacrifices,” he stated. “We run like crazy, but some people don’t notice these things.
“I’ve been told that I have no desire, but if you look at the Bayern game then you can see that I ran more than I did against Lazio…
“I find the criticism ridiculous.
“I can accept it if people say I play badly, but not if they say that I lack desire and I’m not committed. It’s totally absurd and it hurts.”
“Not a great deal changed because Claudio was playing as the second striker and had to stay close to me,” the 29-year-old insisted.
“We played a good game and achieved an important victory, but we won’t talk about the Scudetto until it’s a mathematical certainty.
“You never know in football, so we’re not going to let up.”