Stefano Pioli insisted Milan weren’t distracted by Wednesday’s decisive Champions League assembly with Salzburg throughout their demoralising Serie A loss to Torino.
Koffi Djidji and Aleksey Miranchuk scored in fast succession within the first half as Milan collapsed to a 2-1 defeat in Turin on Sunday.
Junior Messias received the Rossoneri again within the contest following a defensive mix-up after the break, however the Serie A champions by no means seemed more likely to full a comeback on a chastening outing.
Milan will method the European conflict with Salzburg requiring only a level to hitch Chelsea in qualifying from Group E, however head coach Pioli is definite that was not on their minds.
“We may have accomplished higher within the stream of the ball, in defence and in assault. It was not one of the best night,” he mentioned at his post-match press convention.
“To organize effectively for the Champions League we needed to do effectively tonight, we didn’t give it some thought in any respect.
“We may have accomplished higher. It was a troublesome and bodily sport, however we needed to transfer higher with out the ball. It’s a must to go in search of the probabilities, and it’s important to exploit them. They succeeded, with two objectives in a couple of minutes.
“Within the second half, we had a unique perspective, however we didn’t rating instantly. The match went on the tracks most popular by Torino.”
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Djidji’s opener halted a 499-minute streak by which Torino had not scored of their Serie A conferences with Milan, whereas the Rossoneri noticed a 17-game unbeaten run on the highway in Serie A come to an finish.
Milan’s frustrations had been summed up by the efforts of Rafael Leao, who approached the journey to Turin in glorious kind however was hauled off on the break after a poor opening interval.
The Portugal ahead didn’t hit the goal with 4 photographs amounting to 0.51 anticipated objectives (xG) throughout his 45-minute outing, main Pioli to verify he was substituted attributable to his poor show.
“It was not his greatest night, that is evident,” Pioli advised DAZN after the defeat. “I attempted to alter the assault, however we wanted to take an opportunity a bit earlier, to play a bit earlier, and we didn’t handle to get it again.”
