Cesc Fabregas gave credit to AC Milan after Thursday night’s game at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, but couldn’t fault Como’s performance.
Como started the game well on top and it looked like being a very different outcome when Marc-Oliver Kempf headed in a corner after 10 minutes. Mike Maignan then made a number of top drawer saves to keep his side in it, which paved the way for a comeback.
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Christopher Nkunku converted a penalty just before the break, then Adrien Rabiot scored against the run of play early and late in the second half as the Rossoneri somehow escaped from their trip to the lake with three goals and three points.
‘That’s what they like in Italy’
Fabregas spoke to DAZN after the final whistle and once again provided some intriguing comments regarding how he viewed the performance and the result. Football Italia translated what he had to say.
“We lost and therefore we need to improve. We’ve got to try to do better next time and to win the game. We had one of the best defensive records in Europe before this game, every team has strengths and weaknesses. We can improve, but nobody is perfect.
“We congratulate Milan this evening, they won and therefore they’ve got the right to celebrate. I now have to focus on lifting the heads of my lads, whether we win or lose, we must always try to grow and improve.
“We have to work on mentality, as this is a young team. Usually I speak to the players right after the final whistle, but I couldn’t do it today. What can you say to lads who played like this and lost 3-1?
“It doesn’t happen often, Milan deserve credit for the game they played, bravo Maignan and Rabiot, sometimes you have to just tip your hat and say the individuals won it.
“We had studied Milan and knew a few areas where they could hurt us, and they did it on one of the situations we’d discussed. It hurts, obviously, but defeats help you to grow and we have real margin for improvement. It ended 3-1, so you have to look at the result, that’s what they like in Italy.”
To Sky, he added: “Maybe I’m misunderstood when I speak. It’s difficult to analyse today, it’s better if you do it. Today is difficult, we did many things well, it was a game we had to win, we dominated.
“We made 700 passes to their 200, incredible. It’s also true that you don’t win with possession, they are very good players who win with individual play. We did very well as a team.”
that’s the problem of players/coaches infected by Pep Ideas. The number of passes doesn’t win you games. it was fun the first few years then teams learned to find holes in TikiTaka. you lost the Allegri’s second half changes + better & more experienced players we have.
Wow so passes in the back four gonna give you 3 points? Jesus.. elite football is about winning.. you wanna watch tiki taka go train a fussball team or what its called.
“Wow so passes in the back four gonna give you 3 points? ”
Well… Our GK + CBs kept passing the ball to each others for 1,5 minutes non-stop so apparently you can win by passing in the back four (or three in our case).
Our players scored 3 goals and they only scored once. That is what won us the game mate.
Having the superior goalkeeper ftw.
Forza Milan
Passes ≠ Goals
Goals = Goals
I guess he Fabregas needs to go to another one of Allegri’s lectures. He failed to learn the basics it seems.
Fabregas’s Como have always been a tough watch.
No one deserved bragging rights at half time but we were miles the better side in the second half.
This whole game is entirely won by 2 individuals. I wouldn’t have been mad if we lost it with the performance of the team as a whole. Let’s be honest about it – we deserved to lose with a margin of 2-3 goals by the end of first half… It’s not Allegri giving a masterclass, it was a Maignan masterclass in the first place and obviously perfect Rabiot with a pinch of luck. Also, Como lost it after the second goal, but that’s the lack of experience in the team.
But that’s football – sometimes we dominate and end up in a draw or loss, sometimes it’s the other way around. Just let’s be honest and not pretend we deserved in any way shape or form the result we got as a team.
In sports you dont deserve stuff you win or you dont.
He almost got it right, but, Allegri twitched it, and we won. We just weren’t ready to give up the 3 points despite not playing excellent football. There are lessons learnt on both sides. This will help us prepare for teams like Roma and Napoli. Also, we need a good central defender, and, a good replacement for Fofana.
My man, if 200 passes will get me 3 points why do I need 700?? Ball possession and attractive football is essential for results but in Italy we don’t mind if you play like angels and we beat you 1-0 and earn three points😁. Italian football might not be as fancy but it’s basically result oriented at what ever cost.
That’s the Barcelona in him. Hard to weed out