'I was watching the ball, not the line'

Controversy struck Saturday night's 1-1 draw between AC Milan and Juventus as Muntari had a header for the hosts seemingly cross the line, but Buffon says he felt at the time he had kept the ball out. 'I was watching the ball, not the line' - Buffon after ghost goal in Juventus' draw with AC Milan. Sulley Muntari appeared to have scored for the hosts with a header but the Italy goalkeeper believed that he had kept it out, though he admits that he would not have spoken up. Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has claimed that he was watching the ball and not the line and so did not realise that a mistake had been made in the 'ghost goal' incident against AC Milan on Saturday. A Sulley Muntari header for the Rossoneri appeared to be comfortably in the net, but the Italy international scooped the ball clear and a goal was not awarded, the game eventually finishing 1-1. The 34-year-old stated that he was unsure whether the effort had crossed the line and was only interested in helping his team, adding that, if he had known that the goal was legitimate, he would not have corrected the officials. "I was watching the ball, not the line," Buffon told La Repubblica. "I didn't realise it had gone over the line, and even if I did I wouldn't have lent a hand to the referee. "Taking a point and continuing the unbeaten streak makes it a special evening, where we played against most successful team to win the Scudetto.

"In the end what counts is that we were ready to adapt to whatever happened in the match. Milan had greater freshness, lucidity and technical skill.

"In the second half we tried to change and in the last 25 minutes we were better because in the first half AC Milan had control of the game," he admitted.

The draw means that Milan are still top of Serie A by one point, though Juventus have a game in hand.