There are wins that tell you something and wins that tell you nothing, and for an hour on Sunday night this looked like the second kind. Juventus had the ball, the visitors had ten men behind it, and the Allianz did that thing it does when a game refuses to open up.
The plan was never to be pretty
What the coaching staff wanted from this game was three points and a clean sheet, in that order, and they got both. The back three held its shape even when the wing-backs pushed high.
We are not going to apologise for a 1-0. In February you take the points and you go home.
It is worth saying plainly: this is the fourth league goal from a set piece in nine games. That is not variance any more. That is a training-ground programme paying out.
What it means for the table
Two points off the summit with a home game to come. Fine margins — but this is what a serious season looks like from the inside: unglamorous, repeatable, and two points from the top.
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