Centre-back Fikayo Tomori, who scored the only goal for the Rossoneri against the Gunners in the Dubai Super Cup friendly match, spoke to DAZN about different topics, including the desire to win another Scudetto with AC Milan:
"In my opinion, the most difficult thing is to win again. Because we know that last year there weren't many people who thought we could win. Now we have won, we have the Scudetto on our chest and when the teams play against us, they do it so as not to lose and now we have to look for another way to win and improve our mentality. We can win again and we try to do everything to do it."
Maybe you deserved to go to the World Cup with the England squad... How do you feel?
"I am always motivated. Obviously I was disappointed, because I wanted to go to the World Cup and to go to the European Championship I have to do even more. There was disappointment, yes, but I'm happy now and I'm totally focused on Milan. I hope to arrive well, as well as the team, in the first game after the break."
On not having Maignan in the goal behind him, Tomori expressed himself in the following way:
"It doesn't change much, because we have our own way of playing. Mike is an important player for us and when he's in goal, it's better for us because he's among the top players in the world. Tata is also doing a good job. Mike always talks, even when we have dinner. We are lucky to have him with us."
What are the advantages of playing in a three-man defence?
"We can build with a longer line and when we attack, we already have three players behind and we don't allow counter-attacks", says Tomori, "This also leads us to have more players who can attack. It is certainly a very good solution for us, because we can change set-up during the match according to the situation we face."
Are you working to score more goals?
"It's something I wanted and want to improve on. I scored against Juventus, but I want to do more. My job is to defend the goal and if I do it and we win, that's fine too."
Tomori, who are the defenders you like the most in Serie A?
"I would tell you Kim from Napoli, Skriniar, Bonucci, Bremer… There are many. And seeing them, I always want to improve. I know I didn't start the season the way I wanted, but that's the way things are in football. I want to win again and improve where I can."
