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The Rossoneri's coach, Massimiliano Allegri, spoke to the club's official channels after the draw against Parma. Here are his words.

Milan, Allegri: “Estupinan hadn't played in a long time! Pulisic came back well, unfortunately, he wasted a good chance”

The former Juve coach spoke like this in the conference. Here are his words:

On the comeback suffered

“Paradoxically, we conceded more chances tonight than against Atalanta and Roma. The unexpected 1-2 changed the game. We weren't alert and didn't do what we needed to do. We couldn't defend because we were dazed. The goal worried us. It's a step forward we need to make. These are three different matches between Pisa, Cremonese, and today. The 1-2 incident happens, but in the second half, we knew they would press, but we couldn't withstand the impact. This led to their 2-2, Maignan made a great save, and we had our chances. We take the point home, but we are angry. We have three months after the break, and we need to be calmer in these types of matches. We were caught off guard because it seemed too easy.”

On Tomori

“He still has discomfort in his thigh and risks an injury. It's not about who plays, but at that moment in the game, we didn't understand that we needed to switch back on and fight for a few minutes. After that, you would have stayed ahead, and we would have played a different game.”

On the standings

“We are in a good position in the standings, but there are still many points needed to get into the top four. Tonight it's disappointing how the game was set: they had never shot, and we shouldn't have conceded that 1-2. When you're ahead, you must not let the game's momentum change, otherwise, the opponents take advantage of it.”

On the goals conceded

More upset about the two goals conceded or the third not scored? About the two goals conceded. At the 45th minute, the first half was over; you can't allow a shot on goal from an easy ball. At that moment, either you're sure you keep the ball, or you put it out for an easy throw-in, and the game ends there. Then we came back on the field dazed. Then we woke up, started playing, and had important chances. Maignan also made a great save.”

On the returns

“They are also returning in terms of condition. Estupinan hadn't played in a while, he saved a goal. Pulisic came back well, unfortunately, he wasted a good chance. We are waiting for Rabiot, Jashari had a good chance. It's a matter of understanding the moments of the game; if we don't understand them, we find ourselves at the end of the game saying these things. With Pisa, there was a moment to close it, and we didn't, with Cremonese we conceded two goals, today we had to fight because it was normal for them to come at us with high balls. We conceded two goals, not to say gifted, but almost. Then two other situations on throw-ins because we were still in the area: these are situations we need to understand.”

On the next match, the Derby

“Good or bad result before the derby? I don't know, we'll see after the match with Inter. In the meantime, we recover, we are in the top four in the standings, and this is our main goal. We know we have to get there, we've won many direct clashes, with the smaller teams we've scored few points, and that's something that needs to be improved.”

Raffaele Morra

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