Allegri told DAZN Italia.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cTheir first half was very strong, we should\u2019ve been a little more organised and made fewer errors. They ran hard and fell away after the break, we had a lot more intensity and poured forward, but were unable to make it count with a goal. This is football.\u201d<\/p>\n
More worryingly, they are closer to Juventus in fifth now than to the leaders, as the advantage for a Champions League spot is only seven points.<\/p>\n
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ROME, ITALY \u2013 MARCH 15: Fisayo Dele-Bashiru of Lazio battles for possession with Luka Modric and Strahinja Pavlovic of AC Milan during the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AC Milan at Stadio Olimpico on March 15, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we absolutely must do now is press the reset button. People talked about the Scudetto after the win over Inter, but we have to be realistic in life,\u201d added the coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to remember that the objective is Champions League qualification, otherwise we risk destroying all that we have built over the last six months.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was also tension when Allegri substituted Rafael Leao at the 68th minute, as the Portugal international reacted angrily to being hauled off.<\/p>\n
He walked so slowly towards the touchline that Maignan ran over to push him off, then resisted Allegri\u2019s attempts to hug him, before kicking away bottles on the Milan bench.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeao was a bit annoyed because he had some situations where he could\u2019ve had better service, so he was a bit angry, but these things can happen during a match,\u201d assured Allegri.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the lads wanted to win, first and foremost to break away from the chasing pack, because Juventus are only seven points behind us now. It\u2019s a long season still, we need to stay focused and do better on the situations we got wrong in the first half.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is perhaps no coincidence that Milan lost here, as they have struggled in the absence of Adrien Rabiot, who sat out a ban this evening.<\/p>\n
However, the coach did not agree with suggestions Milan were too passive and sat back in the first half.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we made too many technical errors in the first half and allowed far too many counter-attacks. Even before the goal, we had another couple of situations where we were all ahead of the ball and had acres of space behind us, you should not concede goals like this,\u201d noted Allegri.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe stepped up a gear after the break and had many favourable situations, but couldn\u2019t make them count. It\u2019s not that we waited for Lazio, I think we allowed more counter-attacks tonight than throughout the rest of the season.<\/p>\n
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ROME, ITALY \u2013 MARCH 15: Daniel Maldini of SS Lazio kicks the ball during the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AC Milan at Stadio Olimpico on March 15, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi \u2013 SS Lazio\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you lose the ball in the opposition half, then either you win it back straight away or you get caught on the counter, there\u2019s no other way out of that situation. We lost a lot of duels in the first half, such as one between De Winter and Maldini, so when you go too softly into those challenges, of course you\u2019ll lose the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the break, we were a lot stronger into those duels, and therefore kept Lazio pinned back into their half. It\u2019s difficult to explain why they were soft in those duels, because the lads prepared well and knew the importance of the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we made too many errors in general, we accepted going man-for-man with them tonight, and often it didn\u2019t work, leaving De Winter alone against Maldini.\u201d<\/p>\n
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ROME, ITALY \u2013 MARCH 15: Kenneth Taylor of SS Lazio kicks the ball during the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AC Milan at Stadio Olimpico on March 15, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi \u2013 SS Lazio\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n