Marco Carnesecchi believes that Atalanta made AC Milan look like they are not a team worthy of the Champions League.
Some of the Milan players will have gone to bed having nightmares about Carnesecchi, especially Christopher Nkunku who was twice denied by the goalkeeper after coming off the bench. The Italian also made a fantastic stop to deny Rafael Leao in the first half too.
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At the other end of the field his team-mates did the business. Ederson, Davide Zappacosta and Giacomo Raspadori fired La Dea into a 3-0 lead before the break, until a spirited late comeback attempt saw Strahinja Pavlovic and Nkunku get on the scoresheet.
As mentioned, Carnesecchi played a key role in Atalanta’s eventual 3-2 victory with several miracle saves. He spoke to DAZN after the full-time whistle, with his comments coming via MilanNews.
What was the most decisive save?
“In my opinion, the best one was the one where I came out to stop Nkunku. Saves aside, we put in an incredible performance; it was a real battle. We’re very happy, we’re coming off a bit of a rough patch. The defeat against Juve had knocked us down a bit, but today we did a great job of reacting.”
Happy with the victory or angry with the final minutes?
“It’s hard to be angry tonight. We made Milan look like they weren’t a Champions League team, but something much less. They put a lot of attackers in, they put us there a bit.
“Then saves, hitting the posts, a few things, and we brought it home. We deserved a win like this, and the coach deserved it too. He helped us climb back up the table, we’re very happy. This victory is above all for him.”
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Yall barely got W against a relegation form Milan side I wouldn’t be yapping if I was him.
Wrong!
Milan made Milan look like they weren’t a Champions League team, Atalanta was just there to witness it.