Portuguese coach Robin Amorim, coach of Milan, confirmed on Sunday that what happened in the last minutes of his team's match against Atalanta on Sunday will not diminish his feeling of an improvement in performance.
Milan was 3-0 ahead of Atalanta, before the visiting team scored two goals, ending the match with a 3-2 victory for Milan in the seventh round of the Italian Football League.
Amorim said in statements to the DAZN platform and Sky Sports Italia: “Of course, the result is the most important, but we have to analyze our performance in the match.”
He added: “After the Sassuolo match, I confirmed that we need to develop as a team. The last minutes will not change that. This gave us the idea that we have to work a lot.”
He continued: “The course of the match has completely changed. Before Atalanta’s goal, we were controlling the match and were closer to scoring the fourth goal than conceding a goal, but after the decisions in the build-up of the game, we gave them the opportunity and we must develop that.”
Milan ranks fourth in the Italian League standings with 15 points.
Real Madrid continued its awakening with a 4-1 victory over its guest, Sevilla, in the ninth round of the Spanish Football League, on Sunday evening.
Real took the lead with a hat-trick scored by Arda Guler and Kylian Mbappe (two goals) in the 30th, 37th and 63rd minutes, before Manu Bueno reduced the gap with a single goal for the visitors in the 80th minute.
Ivorian Yann Diomande concluded the "Royal Club" four with a goal in the 82nd minute.
With this result, Real Madrid continues its positive results with a third successive victory after defeating Villarreal in the last round, and the exciting victory over Italian Roma with a score of 4/3 in the Champions League.
This series also strengthens the morale of Real Madrid and its Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho before hosting German Leipzig next Wednesday in the Champions League, and then the most important match when it visits its eternal rival Barcelona in El Clásico next Sunday evening in the tenth round competitions.
Real Madrid raised its score to 21 points, in third place, ahead of Atletico Madrid (22 points), then defending champion Barcelona in the lead with the full score (27 points).
As for Sevilla, it suffered its third loss in the league this season, leaving its score frozen at 14 points in sixth place. It will play at home in the next round against Osasuna, on Monday of next week.
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal's coach, stressed the difficulty of his team's victory over Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League, stressing that the substitute players had a tremendous impact.
Arsenal continued to chase Manchester City in the early race between them at the top of the standings of the prestigious competition, following its valuable 1-0 victory over host Nottingham Forest, on Sunday, in the seventh stage of the tournament, whose title is held by the team nicknamed (The Gunners).
At City Ground, the only goal of the match was scored by (substitute) Noni Madueke in the 80th minute, demonstrating Arsenal's control over the course of events, especially in the second half.
Maduike started the match on the bench, before he was brought on before the start of the second half, to meet Arteta's expectations.
Arteta said in statements to the “Match of the Day” program on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): “We knew that things would go this way. Last time we did not succeed in achieving victory, but we succeeded today.”
The Spanish coach added: “We had to fight for the win until the last minute. They are a team with good tactical organization and are difficult to penetrate. We had to take a risk, they are a dangerous team, and we had to deal with the emotional aspect of the match wisely. We maintained our focus, and the players who came on as substitutes had a huge impact.”
Arteta talked about the substitute players, saying: “Some of them participated in the Champions League three days ago, and some of them will start the next match. Everyone realizes that they have to be fully prepared. Whether we need you after 60 minutes, 45 minutes, or even just two minutes, we now have a squad capable of making the difference in crucial moments, and we have to take advantage of that.”
The Arsenal coach stressed: “Noni (Madueke), Yoren (Timber), Mikel (Merino), who performed wonderfully when he entered, and Victor (Geukeris), who was able to actually change the course of the match. They all contributed, and this is exactly what we need.” Noni was the most prominent, without a doubt, as he scored the goal that made the difference.”
He continued: “Sometimes you may feel frustrated in front of teams whose defenses are difficult to penetrate. In the first half we didn't have any shots on goal, which is something we discussed. In the second half we had two great chances, but the only shot that came on target thanks to a slight deviation in the path of the ball ended in a goal.”
Arteta concluded his statements by saying: “The reaction was wonderful (after scoring the goal). The team showed a strong will to defend under difficult, open and tense circumstances.”
With that result, Arsenal's score, which achieved its sixth victory in the tournament this season, against one loss, rose to 18 points in second place, three points behind Manchester City, which sits at the top.
On the other hand, Nottingham, which suffered its fourth loss in the tournament this season, against one win and two draws, stopped at 5 points in eighteenth place (third from the bottom), continuing its disappointing start in the competition during the current season.
This victory comes to give Arsenal a morale boost before its upcoming meeting with its host, Bayern Munich, next Wednesday, in the third round of the league stage of the Champions League.
