Paulo Fonseca was left disillusioned with Milan’s lack of defensive accountability of their shock 2-1 defeat to newly promoted Parma on Saturday.
Milan had been surprised 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 conquer 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 facet should enhance on the again to succeed this season.
“I’m disillusioned. It’s tough to clarify our defensive angle. It’s clear that now we have a defensive downside,” Fonseca informed a press convention.
“For Parma it was too straightforward once they attacked. I’m not simply speaking to the defenders, I’m speaking about the entire workforce, how they defend collectively and individually.
“I take accountability for what the workforce does, however now we have to recognise these defensive issues.”
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Milan created the higher probabilities throughout the contest at Stadio Ennio Tardini, however solely 5 of their 17 pictures had been on track, 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 probabilities whereas additionally putting the woodwork within the encounter.
Of the 90 duels between the 2 sides, Parma had successful price of 54.4% in comparison with Milan’s 45.6%, with Fonseca left bemused by his sides underwhelming show.
“The workforce works effectively throughout the week, I believe I see enchancment in view of the match. Then immediately we arrive right here and within the first state of affairs we concede a objective,” Fonseca added.
“We behaved badly defensively in all moments of the match. (There’s) an issue to resolve, of angle. We have to work as a workforce.
“We lose the ball too simply. This enables a workforce that defends deep to create probabilities. We have now made errors in preventive marking, defensive recoveries that we don’t do collectively.”
