text: Former Manchester United and City striker Carlos Tevez believes it is harder to score goals in Serie A than the Premier League. The Argentine, who has scored 36 goals in the Italian league since arriving at Juventus in the summer of 2013 blasted Premier League midfields as 'non-existent', and suggested defending is better on the continent. After sitting out Juve's defeat to bottom of the table Parma, ahead of a Champions League quarter-final against Monaco on Tuesday, Tevez who has scored 25 times for the Old Lady this season, insisted his task was now 'much more difficult'. Carlos Tevez, in action against Empoli in Serie A, says it is harder to score goals in Italy than England . The striker has 36 league goals in the Italian top flight since leaving England for Juventus in 2013 . 'It's much easier to score in the Premier League, where the ball doesn't stop moving, the action is everywhere and the midfield is non-existent,' the striker, who scored 84 Premier League goals and won three titles, told Italian paper La Repubblica. 'Here you see a striker up against five defenders, it's much more difficult than in England. The Italian league is of a high standard.' The striker, who won the Champions League with Manchester United in 2008, believes his Juventus team are more rounded than that side, and can repeat the success. 'That was a different situation,' he added. 'There were some amazing examples: Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes. 'I think that now there is a team instead. We are very hard to beat.' The Argentine striker scored 84 Premier League goals and won three titles with Manchester United and City . Tevez won the Champions League with United in 2008, and believes Juventus can match that achievement .
target: Carlos Tevez played for Manchester United, Manchester City and West Ham .
  Argentinian striker scored 84 Premier League goals and won three titles .
  But Tevez says in England 'the midfield is non-existent'
  Tevez insists his Juventus side can win the Champions League .
  Striker won the trophy with Manchester United in 2008 .