AC Milan supervisor Paulo Fonseca was unwilling to rule his group out of title rivalry following their 2-0 dwelling defeat to Serie A leaders Napoli, who now lead them by 11 factors, on Tuesday.
Whereas Milan have a sport in hand over their victors, it’s a substantial hole to bridge even having performed simply 9 matches thus far this season.
That’s very true after they have already misplaced 3 times, however Fonseca was not going to surrender on the dream after being requested if it was nonetheless the target after the match.
“I can’t say the alternative, particularly seeing how we performed. How the group responded to a tough second and the way it confirmed unity even with out vital gamers,” Fonseca instructed DAZN.
Milan needed to cope with out key gamers together with Theo Hermandez and Tijjani Reijnders towards Napoli and their supervisor thinks they they’ll enhance,
“No group has received the league after 9 video games and none has misplaced it after 9 video games,” he stated.
“For that reason, we should proceed on the trail of progress. Clearly we’ll want outcomes to enter this battle.”
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Fonseca accepted the blame for the defeat to Napoli, however did say that he was proud of how his group responded after Romelu Lukaku put the guests in entrance after simply 5 minutes.
“I’m at all times accountable for what occurs on the pitch and as soon as once more I take this duty,” he stated.
“It’s not straightforward to begin the sport with a Napoli purpose after 5 minutes, but when we have a look at the outcome, they scored two objectives and we created the probabilities.
“The group had response originally of the sport, we performed constructive soccer with high quality.
“It’s not straightforward towards a Napoli group that… defends in entrance of its penalty space.”