AC Milan defender Simon Kjaer has admitted that he feels ‘sorry for the fans’ after they were subjected to a 5-1 defeat at the hands of rivals Inter.
Milan and Inter went into the game having both won all three games in Serie A, but the recent derby struggles for Stefano Pioli’s men would not cease, rather they would get an awful lot worse.
Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marcus Thuram before the break put Inter in a good position, and while Rafael Leao’s well-taken finish did halve the deficit, Mkhitaryan’s second, a Hakan Calhanoglu penalty and a goal from Davide Frattesi made it a rout.
The result means that Milan have lost five derbies in a row against Inter, all of them coming in 2023, and with 12 goals conceded with just one goal scored.
Kjaer spoke to DAZN after the game to try and reflect on what was a frankly shameful performance from the team, with his comments relayed by MilanNews.
“A match like this, a derby, weighs a lot. I’m really sorry, especially for the fans. Tonight they were smarter than us in certain situations, more determined,” he said.
“We played the game until 3-1, then we lost a bit at the end… I’m so sorry for the fans, we know how much a game like this weighs. Tomorrow we have to work again.”
Did you concede too many one-on-one situations in defence?
“We had accepted that these are the characteristics of Inter. We thought that with our strength and our way of playing we could win like Milan.
“Tonight they were good with the runs of the midfielders. We have to work on that. Milan’s path will always be to play our football. Tonight we lost badly, but it’s a journey. I feel sorry for the fans.”
Milan didn’t played compact defence
But still what happened to first 2 goals?
Were or weren’t fouls on our players?
With that approach, we’d still lose even without those 2 goals.
hello furlani we see you 🙂
the new milan signings contributed a lot against big teams i see … Pioli to be named coach of the year.
Furlani and Moncado Ballon D’or
Dude you invest the money. It is not so hard.
You logic goes far beyond everything that players who left this summer, are superstars compare to new arrivals.
Poor old man do the needful by leaving come may 2024.
“Tonight they were smarter than us”. It’s more like they’ve been smarter than milan in the last 5 seasons, cause milan only won 3 times
Kukavička igra unazad, taktika sramotna , Pioli totalna NULA , smjena što prije moguče !! Čestitke Interu na hrabroj i ofanzivnoj igri koja donosi pogotke
Pioli impara da a parlare come Kjaer, e chiedi schuza. E non capisco come Calabria e ilCapitano del Milan. Ma.. se avete in mente la storia del Milan, siamo messi male !!!
Pioli before the match: Grandpa Kjaer should do pretty well against 2 very fast young strikers, right?
Kjear must be sold during January or even milan should terminate his contract..what a weak old man
at least he offered his apologized to fans, unlike the coach who refused to do the same
he did credit Inter’s midfield so our midfield did not help to say it mildly
You’re here blaming Kjaer, how about the young man Thaw, who was solely responsible for three of the goals.