Juventus may have secured a victory over Genoa on Saturday, but new boss Igor Tudor knows there is plenty of work to do.

Tudor was appointed on Sunday to replace the sacked Thiago Motta and his reign began with a 1-0 home success after fifth-placed Juve suffered heavy defeats to Atalanta and Fiorentina.

Kenan Yildiz netted the decisive goal at Allianz Stadium, though Juve created few clear-cut opportunities, as evidenced by an expected goals figure of 0.98.

"The first thing that should be noted is that we played against a serious team like Genoa. It was a deserved win," Tudor told reporters.

"It was important to start with a victory, for everyone. Many players had a good game, this is positive.

"I noticed that there is a lot of room for improvement, this will make us start the week well which will be the first full week. We have to work hard."

Tudor was a popular appointment with supporters pleased to see a change and even happier that a former Juve player, who spent most of his playing career at the Turin club, is now in charge and they chanted his name before kick-off.

"I heard the chants of the fans and it was emotional," Tudor said, having become the first Juve coach to win his first match in charge having taken over during a season since Ciro Ferrara in 2009.

"But the victory is more beautiful than these emotions. This was important for the fans. It was nice, but I was focused because it was important to start in the right way."

Juve are one point behind fourth-placed Bologna as they bid for a Champions League spot.

"It was a good goal, one of my best, hopefully I can score normal goals too. We are happy now, we're a good squad and worked hard," matchwinner Yildiz told DAZN.

"I thank Motta, we did all we could with him. The new coach brought fresh energy."

Among players to have scored at least five goals in Europe's big five leagues this term, only Lamine Yamal (six goals) and Assane Diao (six) are younger than Yildiz (five).