Milan pickup their second win of the season and remain perfect at home, beating Palermo 3-2.
Mihajlovic was happy with the result, but believes there is room for improvement on the quality of play.
Below is a recap of what he discussed with Milan Channel and at the post game presser.
Both statements courtesy of acmilan.com
Press Conference
“I get the feeling that when we’re in the lead, we’re happy to settle or we’re afraid to win. We need to believe more and when our opponents are struggling we need to end the match. We need to be more clinical in the final third of the pitch and more aggressive on defence. Montolivo has played well in these past two matches. I don’t think I will change anything in that area of the team. De Jong and Montolivo are two important players. We now have 2 matches in the space of a week and everyone has to make sure they’re ready. We have character and showed that tonight.
After the match with Empoli, I spoke about the mental aspect and I think it is paying off. Now, we cannot afford to take any steps back and we need to stay on this track. We’re still missing 4 key players: Antonelli, Bertolacci, Menez and Niang. They are players that provide us with alternative playing styles. The points we have collected so far are what we have deserved. At times, defeats can be more useful than a win. The loss in the derby showed the team that by playing together we can pick up some important results.”
Milan Channel
“We did well tonight. We dictated the play, even if we then made it hard for ourselves for 10-15 minutes. We need to improve on this and it’s important that we don’t stop playing. Instead, we need to be more ruthless and put matches to bed. We cannot leave the result hanging in the balance. However, for our overall performance I think we deserved this win. We repeated our performance from the derby and we won. With this spirit and by staying on this path we can achieve a lot of good things.
It wasn’t easy today against an organised Palermo side with some good players. We created chances in both the first and second half. In the second half perhaps we weren’t as compact and maybe we should have believed more. We have to learn that there are moments when you have to sit on your lead, but not when the opposing side is in difficulty. In those situations you need to put the result beyond all doubt.
Calabria? He had an excellent game. It was not easy for him. He is intelligent, has good feet and is a quality player. He is an important player for Milan’s future. With him, Ely and Romagnoli Milan have a bright future. The team gave everything today, but we have to be more attentive in defence. On Tuesday against Udinese we will try and repeat this performance and remember that we have to improve.
When I was given the chance to sign Kucka, I said yes right away. He is a physical player, but also technical. He took a knock early on but he gritted his teeth and carried on. I like his desire and his work ethic. Him and Balotelli were two excellent transfer moves. The credit goes to Adriano Galliani.”
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