Milan left to rue ´unlucky´ defeat to Parma as title hopes begin to fade

AC Milan assistant Marco Landucci believed a collection of “unfortunate” occasions led to his group’s shock 1-0 defeat to Parma at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Sunday.

Landucci, who was within the dugout as a result of Massimiliano Allegri was suspended, watched on as Mariano Troilo’s Eightieth-minute objective sealed a 1-0 win for the guests.

The end result noticed Milan style defeat in Serie A for the primary time since their opening-day loss in opposition to Cremonese, ending their 24-match unbeaten run within the prime flight (W15 D9).

Certainly, additionally they failed to attain for the second time within the league this season, whereas it was the primary time they’d failed to seek out the again of the online at house since April 2025.

However the match began with Ruben Loftus-Cheek being concerned in a nasty collision with Edoardo Corvi and being compelled to withdraw from the competition within the eleventh minute.

Rafael Leao then hit the publish earlier than Troilo headed past Mike Maignan, with the objective initially dominated out for a foul on the Milan goalkeeper earlier than the choice was overturned by referee Marco Piccinini following a VAR assessment.

“I feel Serie A is essentially the most tough league on this planet, as a result of it’s so very balanced, and each sport has hidden risks,” Landucci instructed Sky Sport Italia.

“There are video games that simply don’t go your means. At present, Gabbia bought harm within the warm-up, and we have been compelled to make a change on the final minute.

“Then Loftus-Cheek bought harm instantly and suffered a nasty knock. It was a little bit of an unfortunate night.”

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However, extra importantly, Milan’s defeat noticed them lose floor on rivals and Serie A leaders Inter, with the hole now 10 factors between first and second place.

The Opta supercomputer has now assigned the Rossoneri only a 3.1% likelihood of lifting the title, with Inter given a 96.1% win chance in its season simulations.

“The group was disillusioned, we tried to reassure them,” Landucci added.

“We mustn’t take into consideration the opposite sides, however our personal journey, getting as many factors as attainable. Our goal is to get again into the Champions League.”

Milan had their probabilities within the match, although, registering 25 efforts which tallied an anticipated targets (xG) complete of 1.33, however solely six of their pictures have been on track.

It was the primary time they’d had that many makes an attempt with out scoring since April 2022 after they managed 33 in opposition to Bologna, a lot to the annoyance of Landucci.

“We’re not glad, clearly,” Landucci added. “Parma performed very effectively and the ball simply didn’t wish to go in for us tonight.

“We needed the three factors, so after all we felt let down, however we go once more from Tuesday.”