Rather odd game, as it's quite hard to figure out how there came to be five goals scored.
Juve, while undoubtedly making mistakes, really are in an extraordinarily unlucky run in terms of the goals they are conceding. Milan never really looked capable of hurting Juve. They created one real chance in the game, missed it, and somehow scored two goals.
Not that Juve did as much as you would typically expect of a team who scored three goals. I can only really remember Quagliarella's miss in the first half as a clear chance they created from open play, aside from Giovinco's goal.
Though Milan didn't look capable of hurting Juve, Juve did look capable of shooting themselves in the foot. Juve passing was pretty dire and they got themselves in trouble a few times because of it. Was one of those games that I wish at been at rather than watching on TV because - when Juve were struggling to keep possession deep in their own half and playing risky passes in tight spaces - I wanted to see whether Juve's forwards were moving properly to offer the option for Juve to play a bit longer.
Not that that necessarily would have worked because Juve's forwards weren't making a good job of making the ball stick when it was played up to them.
Milan, after leaving their full backs too wide in the early stages and allowing space for Tevez to attack the space down the sides of the centre backs, did a decent job of blocking up the middle of the pitch and making it difficult for Juve to play through them. However, in blocking up the middle of the pitch, they were leaving a lot of space down the flanks that Juve didn't do enough to take advantage of.
However, there were positive signs for Juve, in comparison to some recent performances. Some of the movement off-the-ball was much better than it has been, though this wasn't always terribly apparent due to the passing often not being good enough for Juve to make something of the good movement.
Juve's pressing was also very good at times (think it created the situations for at least two of the goals). Wasn't headless chicken pressing, either. Juve would block off all Milan's good passing options, then they would really step forward and apply pressure once they had made sure Milan really had nowhere to go. Now this was easier to do since Milan didn't have a talented passer at the back or deep in midfield, but Juve still executed it nicely.
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