AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca has claimed that his side did not follow what they were told to do during their Champions League defeat against Liverpool.
The latest disappointment came tonight in front of a crowd of less than 60,000 at San Siro, something which was partly due to the high ticket prices but also because the beginning of the campaign has not gone to plan.
The fans who did show up needed reassuring and they did not get many positives barring Christian Pulisic’s goal three minutes into the game. Ibrahima Konate and Virgin Van Dijk each scored from corners, and Dominik Szoboszlai netted in the second half.
Fonseca spoke to Skyafter the game to assess what was another difficult night for his team, with his comments relayed by
How do you judge the game?
“We played against Liverpool, who are a huge team. We started well, both attacking and defending, but then we conceded two goals from set plays that changed the game.
“We lost our mental balance, because when the team lacks confidence, we develop problems and don’t do what we prepared in training. I told the players, you cannot make those mistakes in this kind of game.
“At the same time, I have to admit Liverpool are more of a team right now than we are, we need to keep working to have not 20 good minutes, but 70, 80, 90 minutes playing our football. After we conceded the second goal, the team stopped playing, and it becomes difficult after that.”