Carlo Pellegatti revealed that he wants to see more from Fikayo Tomori after a shaky performance during the friendly win over Manchester City on Saturday night.
Milan began their time in the United States with a 3-2 win against Manchester City, and there were some interesting takeaways for Paulo Fonseca to reflect on. Lorenzo Colombo scored twice from two Samuel Chukwueze crosses, while Marco Nasti got the winner.
Tomori found it tough to deal with Oscar Bobb, who dribbled past him in the first goal, and then James McAtee got the better of him for the 2-2 goal. The Englishman must return to being a decisive player like in the Scudetto season, after two difficult years where he fluctuated good and bad performances.
Pellegatti spoke to Radio Rossonera after the game in New York to offer his assessments and he admitted to being a bit worried by the defensive aspect of Milan’s game, despite the win.
“Loftus-Cheek may have touched the ball twice in the first half. In the second half he touched it a little more, but what a gulf there was between his presence compared to that of Chukwueze and Saelemaekers,” he said.
“I already liked Loftus-Cheek until his injury on September 30th, I expect him to be like this. I’m not worried, but I’ll start a topic: Tomori. It’s not that I didn’t like him, in this case you can’t blame Pioli or Fonseca: on that cross from the left he can’t let the opponent get past him from behind…
“The problem last year for him and Thiaw was precisely the individual errors. It’s unbearable that he gets past our centre-back like that from behind. It was McAtee, not Mbappé. You can’t. Last year he didn’t have the best season in terms of ferocity and attention, so I need him to give me good guarantees.”