Claudio Ranieri reveals what he informed Milan coach Sergio Conceicao after and identified that expectations are rising too quickly. ‘Allow us to not overlook the place this facet was after I arrived.’
The Giallorossi had been haunted by a ghost from the previous, as a result of Tammy Abraham continues to be owned by them and solely on mortgage at Milan, but nonetheless bagged a primary half brace towards his former membership.
Artem Dovbyk got here off the bench and made an instantaneous influence by bundling over the road from shut vary, however Joao Felix was an much more efficient substitute, scoring
“To begin with, we should congratulate Milan for his or her exceptional high quality, particularly the way in which their forwards are continually transferring round,”
“Meaning we don’t have regrets, we’re merely conscious that we misplaced to an amazing crew. We tried all the things, we pinned them again in the direction of the top of the primary half, we hit the crossbar and that was the second after we ought to’ve equalised, however as an alternative we conceded a objective similar to the one we let in towards Milan final time.
“It could possibly occur when you’re pushing so exhausting that one thing goes improper on the again. We had informed ourselves to not concede a counter-attack this time, however it’s simpler stated than executed when dealing with that stage of high quality.”
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Tijjani Reijnders had nodded a Devyne Rensch cross into his personal web for what would’ve been 3-2, however it was disallowed over a detailed Dovbyk offside within the build-up.
“If there are regrets, they’d be on the 10cm offside, as maybe which may’ve arrange a tense finale and given Milan some nightmares concerning the late equaliser within the derby. Nevertheless, whenever you give your all and struggle to the top, you will need to settle for all the things,” added Ranieri.
It was put to the coach by pundit Christian Panucci that Roma had been missing this night to find Paulo Dybala between the strains.
“I completely agree with this evaluation and bought very offended with them. I’d like to at all times have a fast vertical move, however it’s additionally not simple for these lads to have three coaches in a single season, every with their very own concepts and the gamers making an attempt to observe these concepts,” acknowledged Ranieri.
“It’s true that as we speak we didn’t handle to move it in addition to standard, we didn’t discover Dybala earlier than he was man-marked and we made some errors, which helped Milan to place in an amazing efficiency.”
The Coppa Italia ends right here for Roma, however they’re nonetheless within the Europa League play-offs and making an attempt to climb again up the Serie A desk.
“I like it when folks inform us we’ve got to win the Coppa Italia, we’ve got to win the Europa League, we’ve got to climb the desk,” laughed Ranieri. “Allow us to not overlook the place this facet was after I arrived.
“Now I’m curious to see how the crew reacts. We’re travelling to a tough facet like Venezia, they have a tendency to lose solely by a one-goal margin, so I need to see what spirit and perspective my gamers have subsequent.
“We need to bear in mind that we’re doing our greatest. Earlier than Sunday we had the fourth finest outcomes since I took over, now we’ve got the fifth, however it means the crew is doing its job.”
Ranieri embraced Sergio Conceicao after the ultimate whistle and appeared to inform him that he had ‘sorted out’ the Milan squad.
“Sure, I congratulated him, as a result of his crew performs nicely. I’m trustworthy, I say what I really feel and haven’t any downside honouring my opponents.”