Paulo Fonseca was left upset with Milan’s lack of defensive accountability of their shock 2-1 defeat to newly promoted Parma on Saturday.
Milan had been shocked inside 83 seconds when Dennis Man gave the hosts a shock lead, just for Christian Pulisic to revive parity simply after the hour-mark.
Nevertheless, substitute Matteo Cancellieri struck within the closing exchanges to safe their first overcome Milan in Serie A since 4-2 win again in March 2014.
It marked an early bump in Fonseca’s tenure with the Rossoneri, acknowledging that his aspect should enhance on the again to succeed this season.
“I’m upset. It’s troublesome to clarify our defensive perspective. It’s clear that we’ve a defensive downside,” Fonseca advised a press convention.
“For Parma it was too simple after they attacked. I’m not simply speaking to the defenders, I’m speaking about the entire staff, how they defend collectively and individually.
“I take accountability for what the staff does, however we’ve to recognise these defensive issues.”
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Milan created the higher possibilities through the contest at Stadio Ennio Tardini, however solely 5 of their 17 photographs had been on course, the identical quantity as Parma managed from eight fewer makes an attempt.
The guests additionally underperformed their anticipated objectives (xG) by 1.01, lacking three large possibilities whereas additionally hanging the woodwork within the encounter.
Of the 90 duels between the 2 sides, Parma had a hit charge of 54.4% in comparison with Milan’s 45.6%, with Fonseca left bemused by his sides underwhelming show.
“The staff works effectively through the week, I believe I see enchancment in view of the match. Then as we speak we arrive right here and within the first scenario we concede a objective,” Fonseca added.
“We behaved badly defensively in all moments of the match. (There’s) an issue to unravel, of perspective. We have to work as a staff.
“We lose the ball too simply. This enables a staff that defends deep to create possibilities. We have now made errors in preventive marking, defensive recoveries that we don’t do collectively.”
