Maignan seeking answers from Bologna loss: “We had a plan, but we didn’t implement it”

Mike Maignan has claimed that AC Milan had a plan for the defeat against Bologna, but they did not manage to deploy it properly.

It was an entertaining game at San Siro on Wednesday night, although the fact the stadium was half-empty by the final few minutes spoke volumes about why Milanisti might not consider it a particularly memorable one.

Samuel Mbangula was the star of the show for Bologna, as he gave them the lead and then scored twice in the second half to register a hat-trick. Alphadjo Cisse had put Milan 2-1 up from 1-0 down, but the second-half collapse from the Rossoneri was worrying.

Maignan spoke after his coach Ruben Amorim to DAZN following the conclusion of what was a negative San Siro evening for the captain and his team-mates. His words are via MilanNews.

What happened tonight?

“We lost because Bologna played better than us. It’s a shame because we wanted to win, we had a plan for this game, but we didn’t implement it. We’ll talk about it tomorrow, but we play a lot, so we can’t hold onto this negativity.

“Obviously, we’re disappointed not to have won in front of our fans. Now we have to focus on getting back to winning ways straight away.”

It seems too easy to score goals against you right now…

“We need to improve on this aspect, we know it. Right now we have more possession and are more vulnerable on the counter-attack.”

The derby is in three days…

“We shouldn’t lose our heads because we lost. We have to understand what went wrong. Bologna did better and we have to understand why.”