Allegri was particularly irritated with Kean and then Angel Di Maria, repeatedly shouting at them about their positioning.
“Kean was always in the wrong position, he needed to move a little wider to shake off his marker, which he did better in the second half. Rabiot attacked the spaces with his strong run, then I had to move
Danilo as a full-back and it was a bit of an emergency situation.
“Kean doesn’t have the technique of the others, but he is a player who can be very important. If he played more regularly, he’d score more goals. I am happy above all with the improvement in his attitude and mentality compared to previous seasons, but he was born in 2000 and remains a kid.
“Angel and
Leandro Paredes had some good moves, but it’s natural that there’s a World Cup coming up, so it’s not that they are holding back as such, but that is going to be in their minds.”
There were two penalty incidents, the first for
Danilo handball that was not given a VAR on-field review, the second that was to revoke a spot-kick, as
Leonardo Bonucci touched the ball before
Simone Verdi.
Alex
Sandro was sent off in stoppages and when Verdi took the free kick from the edge of the area, Allegri sat crouched on the side of the pitch refusing to watch.
“In that incident, Paredes should’ve had the foul earlier to be honest, fortunately Alex took one for the team, otherwise we might be here talking about a different result. It’s similar to the situation where we conceded against Benfica because we didn’t foul when we should’ve done.”