Luciano Spalletti insists it is “not a problem” that Inter drew 0-0 with Atalanta and fired blanks for the third round in a row.
The first half was dominated by Atalanta, who had 11 shots on goal, but the visitors settled after the break and went close to a winner too.
Worryingly, the Nerazzurri have now failed to score in each of their last three Serie A matches.
Luciano Spalletti insists it is “not a problem” that Inter drew 0-0 with Atalanta and fired blanks for the third round in a row.
The first half was dominated by Atalanta, who had 11 shots on goal, but the visitors settled after the break and went close to a winner too.
Worryingly, the Nerazzurri have now failed to score in each of their last three Serie A matches.
“I don’t think it’s a problem that we weren’t able to score against a strong side like Atalanta, but everyone can put whatever spin on it they like,” shrugged a visibly irritated Spalletti on Mediaset Premium.
“These are the games where you are forced to play in a certain way. We struggled in the first half because our passing wasn’t clean enough and we didn’t put together good moves. The only times we did manage an exchange of passes with Mauro Icardi, we managed to create chances.
“We took too long to really start being aggressive and closing the Atalanta players down to win back the ball.
“We had four or five clear-cut scoring opportunities here, were pushing to the end, but admittedly should’ve done better in the first half.”
Rafinha fired over the bar and moments later was substituted by Eder.
“I took him off because he seemed tired, otherwise I wouldn’t have done that. Atalanta were crowding him out of the game.”
At the final whistle, Spalletti had a tense conversation with Atalanta midfielder Marten De Roon.
“I told him that he can’t order me to sit down and shut up. He’d best choose someone else to tell that too, because he’s not doing it with me. I didn’t say anything to him.”