Paulo Fonseca has warned AC Milan will have to be “perfect defensively” to stop Liverpool in the Champions League.
Fonseca has also pointed towards “differences” between Jurgen Klopp and new Liverpool boss Arne Slot ahead of their showdown at the San Siro on Tuesday night.
Milan boss Fonseca said: “They have solid positional play and strong players who we all know. We must be defensively perfect to win. We can make no mistakes against these teams. If we make a mistake, they’ll score. We must be complete in attack and defence.
“I see the game as an opportunity for the team to prove that we are improving. Facing Liverpool is a big opportunity and it brings something different to what we are accustomed to in Serie A.
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“Slot has just arrived and they have different players. I think there are many differences [from Klopp], but also similar traits like the way they defend. They are very different when they play on the wings, while the way they recover the ball and press high is pretty similar.”
Fonseca was widely tipped to get a Premier League job but the ex-Roma and and Lille boss failed to navigate his way to English football and moved to Milan in the summer.
But it has been a slow start for him at the seven-time European Cup winners and they have managed just one win from their first four games. Milan owner Gerry Cardinale will be in the stands on Tuesday night.
Fonseca, who promised to buy Italian journalists the traditional Portuguese dessert pastel de nata if Milan beat Liverpool, added: “I always talk to Gerry before and after the games. We are always in touch. It’s normal.”
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