Mihajlovic after #GenoaBFC

“It’s an embarrassment to have a pitch like that in Serie A in 2021. Though I don’t want to search for excuses, but a more technical side can have issues with it, while a team that tries to sit back and break up play won’t be quite so affected. I don’t know how we lost today; we didn’t deserve it but we have to accept responsibility for the result. They were all behind the ball and we needed to be more creative to unlock the defence when we were two goals down, but we didn’t manage it. We showed quality but we need to shoot more, from distance too – we were lacking that today. In the first half, we didn’t attack the spaces in behind well enough and couldn’t get on the end of a couple of dangerous crosses. It’s a tough defeat. I didn’t expect this result because I was convinced we’d take home all three points. We don’t have a striker than can score double figures – for all the chances we created, it would be better to have a poacher. If we can find a good free transfer that can improve the squad, we’ll bring him in, otherwise, the squad will remain as it is. The table? We need to fight for survival and to stay above the drop zone. We need to reach the 40-point mark.”