ALLEGRI: "If we win on Sunday we'll be on 40 points"

MILAN - Here's what players and management had to say after the 1-0 loss to Inter Milan at the San Siro stadium on Sunday evening:

ADRIANO GALLIANI"We had a lot of possession but there were very few chances. It was clear that whoever scored was going to win. We’re still 5 points ahead of Inter and only a point from the top. Between Inter’s 32 points and Juve’s 38 points, there are five teams. We conceded in our best period of the game. You win or you lose due to individual incidents. And today we lost.
Inter gave us very little space but nevertheless, we had more possession than them, but in football you can lose because of single moments. What counts is the table. It’s impartial and with 20 games left, it says Milan are five points ahead of Inter. It was a game that would have given us the top spot in the league but we didn’t do it. Other results however mean that we’re only a point from the top. Three points against Inter are the same as the three points against Cagliari or Novara. We have to get to 40 points (before the half way mark) like we did last year and that’s still a possibility. There was a moment of depression in the changing room after the game but we’re already over it. The President shares my analysis. That’s life, that’s football and that’s fine.” 
MASSIMILIANO ALLEGRI"We found it hard to create things. Inter are a very physical team that concede very little. We made one mistake when the ball was in our possession and we should have done better. We paid a high price for it. At the end of the first half, my main worry was not to concede anything to them. We had done the work needed to go into the lead and we took very few risks, but this is football and in games like this the risk of a nasty surprise is always around the corner. We should have been more lucid in the final third of the pitch. They defended well and we had a few chances that we didn’t convert. Everything that could have been done was done against a good team that conceded little. If we play bad against the big teams? We’re a single point from the top of the table and if we win on Sunday we’ll be on 40 points. This is important.” 
URBY EMANUELSON"The coach talked to me after the goal and told me to play on the left. It’s incredible that we lost tonight. We didn’t create many chances but we were very unlucky. We‘re very disappointed with the result. Inter closed up shop with only Pazzini and Milito up front and it was very difficult for us to play in those circumstances. Today we had the chance to get to the top of the table all alone but we didn’t take it and Inter have got closer. I prefer to play as a left winger, but the position is not a problem for me. Left or right, the important thing is to play.”
IGNAZIO ABATE"We had a good first half even if it wasn’t brilliant. We played good football. After my mistake, the game opened up and we were no longer on top of things. We put a lot of players up the centre of the pitch trying to resolve the situation. I’m sorry for the fans, but the team on top at the end of the year will be judged the strongest and we’re convinced of our qualities.

STEPHAN EL SHAARAWY"It was very emotional I’m happy even though I’m disappointed with the result. I tried to do things on the pitch even if I only played a little bit. It’s a shame we lost. Inter did well to take the chances that they had and we were unlucky with Van Bommel hitting the bar. It was a very closed game. We’re get back on track focusing on Novara. It’s a loss but it doesn’t effect our ambitions. If the coach asks me to play, I’ll make sure I’m ready.Going somewhere on loan has come to mind, but even if I’m not playing here, I’m still improving with all the great players we have here in training. They involve me in everything, I feel good here and I hope I can stay.”