Gian Piero Gasperini feels Atalanta ‘completely deserved’ to beat Milan and accuses Paulo Fonseca of attempting to ‘distract’ from the outcome. ‘Let the followers sing’ concerning the Scudetto after 9 straight wins.
Gasperini continues to sit down out his two-match touchline ban with Tullio Gritti on the bench, nevertheless it doesn’t appear to be affecting his crew’s type, as they registered a ninth consecutive Serie A victory this night.
That could be a membership document, one they’d already achieved between February and July 2020, and places them quickly prime of the desk awaiting Napoli’s match with Lazio on Sunday.
Charles De Ketelaere and Ademola Lookman met set performs , across the Alvaro Morata equaliser.
“Naturally, it is a nice victory towards a crew with undoubtedly very proficient gamers among the many finest within the league and we completely deserved the win. All of the statistics had been in our favour in a tough match,”
“Milan had an enormous likelihood after a couple of seconds, then a minute later we had a giant alternative. The equaliser was frankly a foul transfer from us, we allowed them to get that move by means of. We had been frightened about their tempo and urgent, however for essentially the most half we managed to neutralise these strengths and constructed some excellent scoring alternatives of our personal.
“Within the second half, Milan did much less, however we by no means settled for some extent, we by no means wasted time, by no means threw ourselves to the bottom, we needed to win the sport and had been rewarded for that angle. Certainly, Retegui may’ve scored a 3rd in stoppages.”
Gasperini responds to livid Fonseca
a couple of minutes earlier than Gasperini got here to the microphone, accusing the referee of ‘missing respect’ in the direction of his crew and steering the match in Atalanta’s path.
“If that is an try to speak about one thing else and distract consideration away from the match, then that’s his prerogative,” responded Gasperini.
“The De Ketelaere purpose was a unprecedented leap into the sky. I don’t bear in mind every other incidents that had been debatable, until perhaps some throw-ins.
“I’d put the main target much less on Milan and extra on Atalanta’s efficiency. I could be biased, however I assumed we completely deserved to win the match.”
The followers on the Gewiss Stadium had been chanting ‘we are going to win the Scudetto’ on the ultimate whistle, so even the coach is bored with attempting to calm this wave of enthusiasm.
“I don’t assume that ever occurred in Bergamo that they’d sing that after 15 video games, so allow them to sing! We’d by no means been prime of the desk this far into the season, they’d a long time of wrestle, so allow them to take pleasure in it.
“The individuals of Bergamo have their ft firmly on the bottom, so don’t take something without any consideration. If we had been nonetheless up there after one other 20 video games, it’d be completely different, however as issues stand it’s an expression of pleasure and a deserved one too.”
Gasperini has been on the membership for virtually a decade now, so is that this his finest Atalanta squad thus far?
“It’s a very completely different Atalanta. I stay keen on all my groups, from the primary of which there’s just one participant left – Toloi – to this model. The outcomes have been outstanding, however I’m not the particular person to place these groups in any sort of order.”
Atalanta are in motion on Tuesday towards Actual Madrid within the Champions League, the place they continue to be unbeaten and are on monitor for a prime eight end.
“Tomorrow we are able to watch the opposite video games, then on Tuesday it’s one other extraordinary evening for the town of Bergamo and for this membership. The primary goal of getting by means of within the Champions League is shut, however we are able to goal for a bit of extra too.”
Atalanta misplaced to Actual Madrid within the UEFA Tremendous Cup in August, however are they the favourites going into Tuesday’s conflict?
“That’s subjective, I wouldn’t say that, however I’ll take something tonight!” laughed Gasperini.