Ancelotti Speaks After the Milan-Genoa Draw

MILAN - After the first home draw of the season, here is what Rossoneri coach Carlo Ancelotti had to say:

"We played a fine first half, pressing high up the pitch, perhaps we spent too much energy and in the second half Genoa had the better on the wings. We didn't manage to win a match we deserved to win, it's a false step in a moment where the team are doing well and this disappoints me. We are really sorry, the team is aggressive and balanced, but we continue to chase. From a defensive point of view the first half was very good, we attacked them high up the pitch like we never did before, but in the second half as I said we did not repeat ourselves. In any case the team is working very well in this period and I think the league is still open. Beckham? He played another great match, we all like him, but it's difficult to talk about his future now. In the second half David went off due to a non-serious muscular problem, in the next few hours we will evaluate his conditions. Pato? I don't think his substitution had that much influence, when we played with a four-man midfield we did not cover like we were supposed to, they played very tightly on Kaka' and Pato and we did not manage to hit them on the break."

source: www.acmilan.com