Allegri fuming with Milan after collapse in Parma: "Two points thrown away"

"Everything was going smoothly for Milan as they scored twice in the opening half-hour of the game. Alexis Saelemaekers got the opener with a lovely shot into the bottom corner from 20 yards, then the Belgian draw a penalty which was emphatically converted by Rafael Leao. Everything seemed to change when Adrian Bernabe curled one into the top corner right before half-time."

"Two points thrown away. I don't know how it would have ended if we had finished the first half 2-0. We came back onto the pitch dazed, we were really asleep. If you go 2-0 up you can't concede that goal in the 48th minute, you have to kick the ball into the stands. We should have gone forward and played with more clarity."

"Is Leao and Pulisic the front two moving forward? "They also did well in preseason. We need to get Rabiot back and everyone back in better shape. Against Pisa, Cremonese, and Parma, we got two points, but we threw away seven." How did Parma get back into it? "We were completely overwhelmed in the penalty area, too many balls were passed around with extreme ease. In those phases of the game you have to fight and then get back into the game.""

Milan opened strongly, taking a 2-0 lead inside 30 minutes through Alexis Saelemaekers and a Rafael Leao penalty. Parma reduced the deficit before half-time via Adrian Bernabe and then levelled after the break through Enrico Delprato. Milan created further chances late, but Christian Pulisic and Saelemaekers missed one-on-ones. Manager Massimiliano Allegri described the result as two points thrown away, criticised loss of focus after the restart, called for more fighting in the penalty area, and stressed the need to get injured players like Rabiot back to full fitness.

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