AC Milan midfielder Riccardo Montolivo has admitted that Juventus "deserve" to win the Serie A title this season.

The defending Italian champions, who are currently 11 points clear at the top of the league table, will host the Rossoneri in Turin on Sunday.

"We face a tough side in Turin, both individually and as a team, and they are deservedly top of the table and deserve to win the Scudetto," Milan's official website quotes him as saying.

"It will be a very tough match but we will try to win because we are Milan and we always try to win every match. I also think it will be an entertaining match."

Milan are third in Serie A at the moment with 59 points from 32 matches.