'We had the chances to get the game back on track': AC Milan boss Stefano Pioli insists his side can still turn it around in the second leg and haven't given up after they were overpowered by Inter Milan in the Champions League
- Inter Milan scored two early goals through Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan
- Pioli praised his team's resilience as they bid to try and win the European Cup
- Former Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori insisted not all was lost for AC Milan
AC Milan boss Stefano Pioli has insisted his side can still turn the tie around in the second leg after a 2-0 loss to Inter in their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday.
Inter scored two early goals through Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan and will take a big advantage into the second leg back at the San Siro on Tuesday.
Pioli, however, praised his team's resilience as they bid to stay on course to win the European Cup for the eighth time, 16 years after their last triumph in 2007.
He told Amazon Prime Video: 'We will try to do better in the second leg. I think they got the better of the tackles and second balls. The match went badly from a tactical and mental point of view.
'We have to start from the attitude of the second half. We had the chances to get the game back on track.
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AC Milan boss Stefano Pioli has insisted his side can still turn it around in the second leg
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Inter Milan scored two early goals through Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan on Wednesday
'We will have to put in an absolutely different performance from tonight's. For the boys right now there is disappointment but also awareness of overturning the second leg.'
Meanwhile, former Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori insisted all was not lost for Milan.
'Yeah, obviously we're disappointed. Just the way we started the game, conceding two goals early on like that,' Tomori told BT Sport.
'It was difficult but it is only the first game. We can't let our heads drop.
'Obviously we're disappointed because this was the home leg in front of our fans and we wanted to take a positive result into the second leg but we know if we play with the right intensity, we can put them in a bit of bother.'
The loss to Inter was Milan's third defeat by their neighbours in a single season, something they have not experienced since the 1994-95 campaign.
Milan secured a 3-2 win over Inter in Serie A in September before suffering back-to-back defeats, 3-0 in the Italian Super Cup and 1-0 in Serie A.
Last season's Italian champions Milan have won only two of their last six domestic matches and are just outside the top four in the standings with four games left.
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