AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli was interviewed by Sky Sport in the Lazio-Milan post-match. Here are his statements:
On the defeat:
"Our opponents were better than us in the episodes. We should have drawn. I expected more from the team. We had the qualities to do better. I can't understand why the referee didn't whistle for a foul on Calhanoglu. The referee even went to review it. It's impossible not to see a foul like that. But we have to do more. I expected more because the game was important. We have to react immediately because this defeat is very bad".
On today's problems:
"We let Lazio play. They have fast, quality players. We could have scored, it wouldn't have taken much to score. We didn't manage to do it. The second goal knocked us out. We had to give more. Our mistakes are obvious. We have to do better in order to close this championship well. We don't want to end with disappointments".
On Ibrahimovic:
"We need all the players. Zlatan has been out for many games and this has been a problem for us. Ibra should be back on Saturday against Benevento".
On the Champions League:
"Now it's more complicated because the opponents are winning a lot of games. It will not be easy. I expect an important reaction from the team"
