Antonio Conte speaks ...
“I think it was better today, high intensity and I think we played against a good team,” he tells BT Sport. “Don’t forget, Milan won the league last season in Italy. To concede that first goal, we can do much better. We concede a goal after only maybe five minutes and then we try to crerate a situation to score but Milan defended very well. We had chances to score but at the end we are talking about a defeat.”
On Skipp and Sarr: “I’m really satisfied for both playersbecause I think Sarr and Skippy played a very good game and they showed that the trust that we have in them is justified. They repaid it. Don’t forget that now we are with three midfielders and we maybe have to continue for the rest of the season with these three midfielders. These performances from Skippy and Sarr make me more relaxed.”
Match report: AC Milan 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Brahim Diaz scored the only goal of an often scrappy game to give AC Milan a slender lead ahead of the second leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Guardian’s chief football correspondent David Hytner reports …
