Paulo Fonseca has slammed his Milan side for ‘poor defending’ and ‘choice choices’ after a horrendous 3-1 loss to Liverpool. The Rossoneri stuttered again as the pressure mounts on the Portuguese manager ahead of Sunday’s Derby della Madonnina.
A 4-0 thumping of Venezia at the weekend was seemingly a one-off. Milan swiftly returned to their chaotic state in their opening Champions League match against Arne Slot’s well-organized line-up. Despite taking an early lead through Christian Pulisic, Fonseca’s team looked disjointed and without a clear game plan again.
That’s not to mention Milan conceded twice from set-pieces in the first half while failing to test Liverpool’s backline after finding a third-minute deadlock-breaker. It was another disappointing night for the Rossoneri faithful, with the die-hard club fans urging the San Siro hierarchy to sack the former Roma boss.
“We started well, both attacking and defending, but then we conceded two goals from set plays that changed the game,” the Milan coach said, as reported by Gianluca Di Marzio.
“We lost our mental balance because when the team lacks confidence, we develop problems and don’t do what we prepared in training. I told the players, you cannot make those mistakes in this kind of game.
“At the same time, I have to admit Liverpool are more of a team right now than we are, we need to keep working to have not 20 good minutes, but 70, 80, 90 minutes playing our football. After we conceded the second goal, the team stopped playing, and it became difficult after that.“
Fonseca is in trouble. Unless Milan can pull off a miracle against Inter on Sunday, it wouldn’t be surprising if he leaves San Siro by the start of next week.
