Gattuso: “We must understand the blackout reasons. Why I substituted Bonaventura”
AC Milan were twice in advantage but it wasn’t enough to secure a win against Atalanta. After the game Gennaro Gattuso tried to explain what is happening with his team.
On Suso and Bonaventura: “Suso provided two great assists, I’m happy for him because he has been criticized for a long time because he hasn’t scored in a while. Jack has a slight knee problem and we must always be careful until he fully recovers, then they need to get to know Higuain better. They are putting themselves at the disposal of the team and Higuain. It’s obvious that we are not making results, I would prefer to play less well and make a few points more“.
On the final moments of the match: “I have a good recollection of the match, we played a good game for 45 minutes but perhaps even if we had made it 2-0 nothing would have changed because we collapse at the first difficulty. Against Cagliari in the first half and today in the second half, we have to improve precisely in this aspect because fear is having an effect and is blocking us from doing the right things on the pitch. Something always happens that does not allow us to give continuity to our performance“.
On the goals conceded: “We are not giving continuity to our work but the goals conceded are all confusing. We suffer a lot on corners and when the ball is in the middle“.
On Bonaventura: “I put in Bakayoko to give more substance at the center, so I took Bonaventura off. I needed a player who had more energy and physical strength. We need to leave less space as we did in the first half. Maybe it was a mistake but I thought so in the second half“.
On Champions League: “We have a duty to believe in the Champions League objective, we need to think about what’s not working, on why there are blackouts. Maybe it’s better to play less well and win, but we struggle because we play a football that we do not like“.
On the match: “There is great regret but at this moment we have completed 4 league games and we are combining good performances but we have to find continuity. Today it seemed like we played two different games, in the first half we had fun playing, then in the second half happens what has been happening for some time, we turn off the light and we struggle to overcome the opponent’s defense line“.