AC Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri admitted his workforce “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 could 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.
Nonetheless, 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 decent angle to earn his aspect their seventh draw of their opening 9 top-flight matches.
The outcome sees Milan leapfrog Roma, who entertain Parma on Wednesday, into second spot, and Allegri stated his gamers “ought to be happy 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 stated.
“We had the prospect to play, I don’t know if it was fatigue or the standard of Atalanta, however in addition they deserved credit score.
“The second half was higher, we created possibilities to attain however we made fallacious choices within the final 20 meters, and we should enhance there. This workforce wants extra conviction in what it does.
“However the gamers ought to be happy with the efficiency in Bergamo, we lengthen our optimistic streak, and now on Sunday now we have a powerful match towards Roma.”
