Loftus-Cheek believes Milan needed to be braver vs. Juventus: “Didn’t take any risks” | OneFootball

Ruben Loftus-Cheek has admitted that AC Milan might have been too focused on trying to stop Juventus rather than doing enough to win the game.

It was close to a must-win game for Milan given the gap to the top of the table, and despite this they did not test Davide Di Gregorio until injury time in the second half.

The boos that accompanied Milan into the dressing room at the final whistle demonstrated the verdict of a fan base who have legitimate worries about it being yet another forgettable season.

The positive is that the Rossoneri defended well, but in doing so it seemed to be a trade off at the expense of any kind of threat going forward. The end result was a point that is better for Juve.

Loftus-Cheek stopped in the mix zone to answer questions from the journalists present and he spoke to Andersinho Marques for Rede 98, with his comments relayed by MilanNews.

How do you assess the game?

“I think today [yesterday] we needed to improve in finding the right balance between defending and stopping Juve and instead creating our own scoring opportunities.

“Today we didn’t take any risks and we defended very well, but in the end I don’t think we were dangerous enough in their half to win the game. We need to find this balance, we will analyse the game at Milanello and work on it.”

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Next up is Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League…

“We have to continue with this form in the Champions League. We played in Madrid, it was a fantastic match, we have to have this confidence again and go there and do what we have to do. We will be ready.”

The table doesn’t look pretty at the moment…

“We have to think game by game. It’s not good for us to waste energy watching and thinking about what other teams are doing.

“We have to focus on ourselves and improve as a team, because we have fantastic players and we have to put things together to play good football. There is certainly room for improvement but we have to focus on ourselves and think game by game.”