UDINE – Cristian Chivu carried off Sky Sport Italia’s man of the match award for his performance against Udinese.
"We knew we could increase our lead over Juventus and now we are nine points clear," said the Romanian defender. "We played a discrete game but we didn’t manage to express ourselves at best in the first half. We created more in the second half.
"Knowing Juventus’ result didn’t make any difference. We didn’t think about their result against Chievo. It’s them who have to worry about our results. We’re in front and we’re only thinking about playing our matches.
"We told ourselves before the game that we could stay seven points clear or go nine clear. We did it and we are happy.
"It hasn’t been an easy season for me because I missed the pre-season preparations and I was out for four months, and then I injured my knee. I take each day as it comes and enjoy every moment, waiting for Sunday to give my contribution to the team."