Malick Thiaw commented on defending towards Lukaku as Milan acquired a 2-1 win on the Olimpico.
After beating Bologna 2-0 and Torino 4-1, Milan went to Stadio Olimpico final evening to tackle Roma of José Mourinho.
The Rossoneri had been the higher facet for many of the match, regardless of enjoying in 10 males for half-hour, with Fikayo Tomori being proven 2 yellow playing cards, they usually acquired a deserved win, with Olivier Giroud (9′ pk), Rafael Leão (47′) and Leonardo Spinazzola (93′) on the scoresheet.
“We’re very, very blissful to get the win in the present day and in addition within the final video games,” Thiaw informed MilanTV. “So I believe we began the season very properly, the season remains to be lengthy however we’ve performed properly till now, so we have to proceed like this and even to do higher and to enhance loads.
On defending towards Belotti and Lukaku: “They’re very sturdy however I believe as a defender you need to be sturdy as properly and never make life straightforward for them. We tried our greatest and we’ve got to work with the staff, it’s not solely the middle backs or the defenders, additionally the midfielders have to shut the passes they usually did very properly. So we did very properly I believe. After all, we conceded one purpose however I believe we are able to do higher even with 10 males however I believe we did properly.”
On the squad: “The staff is excellent collectively. Everyone who has come is excellent with one another, so I believe even the blokes who are usually not enjoying proper now try to inspire everyone and we’re on a extremely, actually good path to carry out as a extremely sturdy staff and be collectively off the pitch and on the pitch.”
Chatting with DAZN, the German heart again stated: “We’re blissful for in the present day, even after the pink we remained united. The season remains to be lengthy, however clearly we’re blissful after these 3 wins in 3 video games.”
How was going through Lukaku for you?
“It’s not straightforward to defend individually, as at all times we’ve got to defend as a staff and we did properly.”
How had been the final minutes?
“It was not straightforward to defend, we stayed calm by speaking loads. Final yr, in January, we weren’t speaking to every and conceded the equalizer regardless of being 11 towards 11.”
