Roma's stalemate against Parma offered the champions the chance to extend their lead at the top to nine points, but a disappointing display against Cesena - culminating in a late missed penalty from Arturo Vidal - sees their advantage back at seven.
Buffon moved to shoulder the blame for any complacency within the Juve dressing-room and has called on his team-mates to up their game in the coming weeks.
"The distance at the top remains unchanged and that’s what we were hoping for yesterday," he told Sky Sport Italia.
"But obviously, after Roma’s result, we had hoped for more. It was a very unsatisfactory performance, especially the opening 20 minutes, where we gave them chances that a team like ours shouldn't allow.
"With all due respect to Cesena, who played a great game, it is our fault if we failed to get all three points.
"The attitude was wrong and in these situations the blame is above all down to the captain. It is my job to keep the players fired up and focused, both in the locker room and on the pitch. Obviously I failed in that.
"Some of our less experienced players need to understand that nobody will give us the Scudetto. We have to earn it each and every weekend. In fact, because we are Juventus, we have to win with a 15-point margin before people will give us credit for our success.
"We cannot go around throwing away opportunities like this. The Roma result probably made us think this was going to be easy, but a team like ours can't let itself be influenced by scores from elsewhere."
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