Juventus 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen: 3 Reasons Why the Bianconeri were victorious against the Germans

#3 Higuain and Bernardeschi's running

Higuain and Berardeschi were both on target for Juventus

The narrow defensive set-up for Maurizio Sarri's Juventus meant that both Higuain and Federico Bernardeschi had plenty of defensive duties going and pressing on the outside and following full-backs to make their life difficult. Not only did both of them excel at those roles, but they also managed to overturn possession on a couple of instances and launch an attack fo their own.

By all accounts though, the most impressive aspect of their movement was their off-the-ball running when Juventus were in position. Both of them scored their goals making a run from deep and receiving or affecting a ball that was good enough to find their runs in advanced areas. Their constant forays forward pushed Bayer back and forced them to sit deeper than they would perhaps have liked to do.

With Cristiano Ronaldo not having one of his most effective nights, the other two stepped up. What should be a scary thought, though, would be that their replacements in Dybala and Ramsey not only replicated the effect they had in the game but also seemed to improve Ronaldo.