Milan’s defeat is heavy, writes La Gazzetta dello Sport on its website. Losing to Liverpool can be somewhat expected.
The Rossoneri’s evening was filled with inexplicable gaps, despite Pulisic’s flash that seemed to shape a different match.
Liverpool were better than Milan...
Some might now say that Liverpool is too strong, which is probably wrong: Liverpool is stronger than Milan, but Milan has the duty to compete differently even against a superior opponent, especially at San Siro (for example, Stuttgart, which doesn’t have the champions Milan does, scared Madrid until the 90th minute).
A team with almost all its starters being national players from prestigious countries cannot surrender like Milan did. And if Pulisic made an impact, we continue to wonder what Leao did this time: if you have the qualities of a champion, it’s in matches like this that they need to emerge.
Instead, nothing. Liverpool quickly put Milan’s defence in great difficulty, with Salah hitting two sensational crossbars, but the two identical goals conceded from set-pieces are unacceptable: Milan defended poorly, and Maignan did not command the small area he should dominate. Then, the Frenchman got injured, just before the derby against Inter.
Now, Milan must focus on facing their city rivals, Inter...
Regardless of what Inter does tonight against City, Milan is approaching it in bad shape. The goal-fest against Venezia only served to silence the criticism for a few days, but the match against the Nerazzurri is now one that Fonseca’s team cannot afford to lose.
The problems are clear and evident, and who knows if the 'boss', Ibrahimovic's intervention will be enough to solve them. “When the lion returns, the cats disappear.” Perhaps he should work on transforming Milan’s players from tame kittens, as they appeared against Liverpool, into lions. Or will he delegate this metamorphosis to others, to those who work for him, for 'boss' Ibra?
Source: Gazzetta.it
