AC Milan manager Sinisa Mihajlovic has said that his team were fortunate to win their Serie A match against Empoli this evening.
The Rossoneri earned their first points of the season with a 2-1 victory at San Siro, but Mihajlovic was left unimpressed by his teams's overall display.
"We did not deserve to win," he told reporters. "Nothing has changed from last season. There was too much fear. After Empoli scored there was a total blackout.
"The only reason we won was thanks to the two strikers who got goals out of nowhere. The only thing to save about tonight was the result. We did relatively well until we conceded the goal, then we just collapsed.
"The team was too timorous and the only difference from last season was the two strikers who created something out of nothing. We above all have to work on our minds. We work well during the week and train properly, then in the game the strikers make the right movements and are never given the ball."
Milan will return to action following the international break with a derby clash against rivals Inter Milan on September 13.
Alex Meyers
