AC Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri admitted his crew “wants extra conviction” after they didn’t make floor on Serie A leaders Napoli following a 1-1 draw with Atalanta in Bergamo.
Napoli had narrowly beaten Lecce earlier in the day and Allegri might have thought his aspect was going to shut the hole to only one level when midfielder Samuele Ricci opened the scoring lower than 5 minutes in.
Nevertheless, Atalanta, who stay unbeaten within the league this season, hit again and levelled within the thirty fifth minute courtesy of a high-quality Ademola Lookman end from a good angle to earn his aspect their seventh draw of their opening 9 top-flight matches.
The consequence sees Milan leapfrog Roma, who entertain Parma on Wednesday, into second spot, and Allegri mentioned his gamers “needs to be glad with the efficiency” however that there are nonetheless areas to enhance.
“Within the first half we needed to defend as a result of we made too many technical errors when constructing from the again,” the Milan supervisor mentioned.
“We had the possibility to play, I don’t know if it was fatigue or the standard of Atalanta, however additionally they deserved credit score.
“The second half was higher, we created probabilities to attain however we made mistaken selections within the final 20 meters, and we should enhance there. This crew wants extra conviction in what it does.
“However the gamers needs to be glad with the efficiency in Bergamo, we prolong our optimistic streak, and now on Sunday we have now a robust match in opposition to Roma.”
