The Bianconeri beat 10-man Genoa 2-0 to climb up the table after picking up just one point in their first three matches of the campaign.
The reigning champions are now eight points behind league leaders Inter and while Allegri feels the San Siro club and Roma are genuine contenders this year, he insists his team are still one of the top teams in the league.
"I always said that Inter are the favorites along with Roma and Juventus, but looking at the standings today, we are back," he said.
"Everyone is going through the motions: Garcia is saying we are the favourites - the opposite of what he said last year.
"We won because we played carefully and defended in an orderly fashion and we have suffered just one shot on goal. It is a well-deserved win, now we have to gradually get closer to the front runners.
"There are 10 new players, so I cannot expect perfection right away. We did not concede a goal and that was important.
"But we must improve how we manage the ball, especially when it's 11 against 10. We should have lowered the pace after Genoa's red card and then speed it up, instead we hurried too much and wanted to hit a shot after two or three moves."
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