Paulo Fonseca: AC Milan Need To Be Defensively Perfect Against Bayer Leverkusen

Paulo Fonseca warned his Milan side they to be "defensively perfect" to get a result at Bayer Leverkusen in Tuesday's Champions League clash. (More Football News)

Milan suffered a 3-1 home defeat to Liverpool in their European 🌠opener despite Christian Pulisic firing the Rossoneri into a third-minute lead.

The Serie A gi💝ants will be looking to get off the mark at the Bay Arena but head coach Fonseca said they must be flawless at the back.

"I don't think about changing (🦩much), we need to have continuity. We know it's a different game, (but) I think it will be a similar game to the one against Liverpool," Fonseca told a 𒆙press conference on Monday.

"Defensively I think the team has grown, it's a good t🐈est to see our defensive capabilities at the moment. I told the players that to beat a strong team like Leve𝄹rkusen we need to make a defensively perfect team."

Xabi Alonso's Bundesliga champions began their campaign in Europe with a 4-0 win at Feyenoord but they have conceded 10 goals in their first five league games after le🤡tting in just 24 in 34 matches in the 2023-24 domestic season.

Seven-time European champions Milan, the only Italian side to triumph more than once in the Champions League era, are the top s♕core💮rs in Serie A with 14 goals in six games this term.

"It is true that we have done well in the league in the last few games, but I have to say that Serie A is ve✨ry different from these games we have in💎 the Champions League," Fonseca said.

"Today I was made to read Xabi A𒅌lonso's words. When we talk about Italian teams, we always say the same thing - that (they) are good at defending and playing on the counter-atꦅtack. I would like other things to be said when we talk about Milan.

"We don't want to be like that. Tomorrow we will obviously defend because we will play against a very strong team𝄹, but when we have the ball we still w༺ant to play.

"I'm curious to see the team's beh𓃲aviour in a different game to those we had in Serie A."

Milan ma🎐y be without Spanish striker Alvaro Morata, who opened the scoring in their 3-0 home win against Lecce on Friday despite startin𝓰g with a slight knock.

"He (Morata) made a big effort to play the last match," Fonseca said. "He is doubtful and we will manage him. Let's see how he is tomorrow. We don't want to take any risks.&🦩quot;