Mancini: 'Inter playing the right way'

By Football Italia staff

Roberto Mancini admits Inter made mistakes against Sassuolo, but “this is the right concept of football.”

The Nerazzurri were beaten 3-1 at the Mapei Stadium and have now been leapfrogged in the table.

“The team came out well, had two early chances and then conceded at the first Sassuolo opportunity,” Mancini told Sky Sport Italia.

“I think we make mistakes in some situations, but in the first 20 minutes we played the way we needed to.

“Things are going wrong at the moment, but this is the right concept of football. Of course we cannot allow opponents so much space to prepare and line up their shots.

“We knew Zaza would be dangerous when going down the left, but we allowed the shots when we had studied them perfectly well during the week. We were a little too bland and soft in closing them down.

“Unfortunately in Italy the only thing anyone cares about is the result, so we hope that can improve soon.”

There were several brawls, two red cards and after the final whistle Mauro Icardi and Fredy Guarin got into a blazing row with Inter ultras.

The players threw their jerseys to the visiting fans, many of whom threw them straight back again, infuriating the squad.

“Clearly there is some psychological fragility, as at the slightest difficulty they see everything negative. However, we absolutely did not deserve to lose this game or against Torino.

“The players want to win and see they are unlucky hitting the woodwork, so naturally that affects their confidence. It can also explain the tension at the end.”

Mancini was also spotted having a shouting match with Nemanja Vidic just before the defender was substituted.

“There was a situation where he kept passing back rather than forward. These things happen in a game, nothing in particular.”

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