“It just depends on him”

Luka Modric heaped reward upon Rafael Leao after his two targets helped AC Milan safe a comeback win over Fiorentina.

Milan got here into the sport towards Fiorentina with a squad all the way down to the naked bones after latest accidents to Adrien Rabiot, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Christopher Nkunku and Pervis Estupinan, who joined Ardon Jashari within the therapy room.

The Rossoneri fell behind early within the second half to a Robin Gosens objective, however they roared again by Leao’s brace. The primary was a stunning shot from round 20 yards out, and the second got here after a controversial penalty awarded within the last 10 minutes.

Modric spoke to DAZN instantly after the ultimate whistle to present his ideas having proven one other emotional response at full-time, and his phrases have been relayed by Soccer Italia.

“Rafa is admittedly wonderful. I used to be trying ahead to taking part in with him, sadly he acquired injured rapidly, however now he’s getting again to health. That is the Rafa that we want,” Modric instructed DAZN Italia.

“He’s a tremendous expertise, from outdoors once I used to observe him and now once I prepare with him, I see him as the most effective gamers on this planet. The unimaginable factor is that he can nonetheless enhance, it simply relies on him.

“I hope these two targets can assist him develop his confidence and be the principle man for us, he will probably be crucial and we are going to rely rather a lot on him. He confirmed why tonight.”

Milan at the moment are high of the desk once more, having taken benefit of the truth that each Roma and Napoli misplaced on Saturday.

Modric added: “Now we’ve got to take it one sport at a time, we’re rising, confirmed character and high quality, so we should proceed like this. There’s a lengthy approach to go, however we’re on the suitable path, and when some gamers return from damage, we will probably be even stronger.”