Lichtsteiner expecting Atalanta battle

Juventus defender Stephan Lichtsteiner said promoted Atalanta will be tough to beat in Saturday’s Serie A action.

The Turin giants were held to a 1-1 draw by Cagliari in their last league game, and the former Lazio right-back is determined to return to winning ways this weekend.

“We’ve done well up until now, but we still haven’t won anything. The two points dropped on Sunday still frustrate us. So that means that we’ll look to get all three on Saturday,” Lichtsteiner said to Sky Sport Italia.

“It won’t be easy because Atalanta have a great home record. We must be aggressive, play the game to our tempo and remain alert in defence.”

“We need to continue on this path. Perhaps we’ve been less impressive than usual in the last two games, but we haven’t got any physical nor psychological problems.”