Milan's coach Stefano Pioli spoke to Sky Sport after the win against Crotone 4-0. Here are his statements:
"It is difficult to be surprised with Ibrahimovic's performance when you are regularly watching his training. He is helping this team a lot in growth. We are really satisfied with him. We deservedly won."
On the ranking of the league:
"We have the goal of expecting the maximum and trying to win every game. We are aware that we give our best every day to grow, the game to win is always the next one. It is not the time to look at the rankings, a very demanding period will come. We hope to move forward in Europe as well."
Would you still like to see Ibra stay at Milan for a longer period?
"Zlatan is fine with us, the best thing is that we work well. The players are happy, we are in a great club. Zlatan will decide his future, I think he is right to keep playing and to keep doing it with us."
On the physique of Ibrahimovic:
"He is an athlete with great motivations. He takes care of his body perfectly at every level like nutrition and recovery. His physical level is incredible and he is a professional. I have never seen him fail. The players compete who comes first to Milanello and leave last, but I am always the one who arrives first (laughs). There is never a day that Zlatan misses something of his individual works. He is physically well and can continue to make a difference with those technical qualities he has."
On Rebic and Leao playing on the right:
"I don't think either of them wants to play on the right. they are more inclined to stay on the left. But let's see. If there is the availability of the players, we can play with many strikers, we need availability: the desire to recover and play extra games. Having players ready to take over is very important in a difficult championship and in a season like this."
What will be be the decisive moment of this league?
"I have a complete squad and a very strong team. The decisive matches will come later, now we are many teams with close positions. We continue to have the right mentality and be balanced, we will continue to think about the next match."
