After Juventus were beaten at home by Benfica in the Champions League on Wednesday their manager Thiago Motta said the Portuguese side were deserved winners and took the blame for the defeat.

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To have any sort of shot at putting a serious change into their final Champions League league phase table position Wednesday night, Juventus needed to put forth quite the performance against a Benfica side that has been all over the place of late.