Marko Pjaca falls under the challenge of Jose Sosa, of Milan at the Juventus Stadium on Friday.Marko Pjaca falls under the challenge of Jose Sosa, of Milan at the Juventus Stadium on Friday.

Massimiliano Allegri does not want any more penalty rows to overshadow Juventus’s march to the title.

The reigning Serie A champions, who are now 11 points clear at the top following Friday’s 2-1 home victory over Milan, have been regularly accused of being favoured by referees in the big games.

Controversy returned to Turin when Mattia De Sciglio was adjudged to have handled Stephan Lichtsteiner’s cross five minutes into stoppage time, allowing Paulo Dybala to convert a late spot-kick.

Milan – reduced to 10 men at the death when Jose Sosa saw red – would have taken a valuable point from the match as Carlos Bacca had cancelled out Medhi Benatia’s opener, but it was not to be.

When it was put to him that the Rossoneri, and in particular goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, had been hard done by at the Juventus Stadium, Allegri told Sky Sport Italia: “The penalty? The referee and his assistant were well placed and awarded it.

“I just want to underline the performance of my team, and just like after the Udinese game (a 1-1 draw), I will not talk about refereeing errors.

“This evening we were playing against a Milan team who were never subdued, who never gave up and who have great quality, and we played a good match.”

Although Donnarumma, 18, was on the losing side, he successfully kept out the prolific Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain, while dealing well with tricky winger Marko Pjaca and his sharp team-mates.

Allegri praised the young stopper and urged Higuain to return to the goalscoring trail soon.

“We still have room for improvement,” he added. “One example there is Higuain.

“He was better in the second half and had it not been for an amazing Donnarumma he would have scored.”

Defeated Milan head coach Vincenzo Montella was also reluctant to discuss the last-gasp twist.

He said: “I don’t want to talk about the penalty incident.

“I say we should leave the referees in peace – they can make mistakes.

“We must all be calm and accept the verdict of the court.”

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