Bologna star Marko Arnautovic says Sinisa Mihajlovic is ‘like an older brother’ and insists the Rossoblu have ‘wasted too many chances’ this season.
Arnautovic is Serie A’s Capocannoniere with six goals in seven appearances, but Bologna have obtained disappointing results so far with just one victory in league games.
“I don’t care about being the best scorer, but surely I am happy to have scored six of Bologna’s seven goals,” Arnautovic said from Austria’s training retreat.
“I always think about the team and six points in seven games are not a good result. We have bigger ambitions and we must prove it on the pitch.
“In general, we’ve wasted too many chances, I am not the coach and I won’t start complaining about the team, we win and lose together.”
Bologna hired Thiago Motta to replace Sinisa Mihajlovic, but the ex-Italy international lost his first game in charge of the Rossoblu last week. Mihajlovic is being treated for leukaemia for the second time in three years.
“His sacking was a bitter moment for me,” admitted Arnautovic.
“I have a special rapport with him. He was more than a coach, he was like a friend, an older brother. As a team, we lived the last few months staying by his side, but life goes on for all of us. I hope things will improve for him, returning the same as before.”