Inter boss Roberto Mancini blasts 'disastrous' referee after Milan derby defeat
ByFootballItalia
Updated 31/01/2016 at 22:34 GMT
Roberto Mancini insisted Inter Milan “did not deserve” to lose in the wake of Sunday's 3-0 defeat to AC Milan, adding that “maybe the referee doesn’t know the rules.”
Giacomo Bonaventura (AC Milan) au duel avec Eder (Inter), dimanche 31 janvier 2016
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The Nerazzurri were top of the table less than a month ago, but are now fourth in Serie A and this week alone have lost 3-0 to Juventus in the Coppa Italia semi-final and now their city rivals.
“Compliments to Milan, but we did not deserve this result. At the moment everything is going wrong for us,” Mancio told Mediaset Premium and Sky Sport Italia.
Mancini was sent to the stands after protesting when Eder appealed for a penalty in a collision with Gigio Donnarumma, but replays show the goalkeeper got the ball.
“I didn’t say anything offensive, but referees are so susceptible nowadays. I don’t know what to say on the Donnarumma incident. Maybe [the referee] Antonio Damato doesn’t know the rules…
“I think we had an excellent first half and there should’ve been some red cards for last man fouls in our favour. Today the referee and his collaborators were a disaster, the worst on the pitch.
“We deserved to end the first half 1-0 up, not 1-0 down. We put in a good first half performance and I could not have asked for any more from my lads. After the penalty miss there was a psychological collapse.”
Mauro Icardi fired the spot-kick on to the upright and that would have been the equaliser, but moments later Milan went 2-0 and then 3-0 up through Carlos Bacca and M’Baye Niang.
“It hurts because it’s the derby and we’re in a period where things keep going wrong. We absolutely should not have lost this game," Mancini added.
“We were in it up to the penalty, then with that miss and their second goal, it was over. If you don’t score a chance like that in such a delicate moment, the team will lose confidence.
“It’s a shame because we threw away some of the good work we’d done up until three weeks ago, wasting the advantage we had. It’s a difficult moment, we have the quality to emerge from this moment and I am convinced.
“There are times when things don’t go your way and this is one of them. We had chances, we wasted them and we paid for that.”
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