Milan’s miserable season hit a new low when they slumped to a 3-0 loss at struggling Verona in Serie A on Sunday, two days after Uefa expressed concern over the club’s financial situation.

Antonio Caracciolo, Moise Kean and Daniel Bessa scored for Verona, who climbed to 17th in the table after earning only their third league win of the season.

Caracciolo was given far too much freedom by the Milan defence as he headed in from Romulo’s corner in the 24th minute, the ball hitting the bar and going in off goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. Kean scored the second after Bessa pulled the ball back 10 minutes after halftime.

Bessa added the third in the 77th minute, stroking the ball home from Romulo’s pass after the Brazilian burst down the right unchallenged. Suso was sent off for kicking Daniele Verde, who was on the ground, in a decision made with the help of the video assistant referee.

Milan have managed one win, one draw and one defeat in their three league games since Gennaro Gattuso was appointed as coach, and the former Milan midfielder gave a scathing assessment of the team’s performance after the game.

Gattuso, who had not coached a Serie A team before he was appointed last month, said his side had started well but failed to react after falling behind in the 24th minute.

“Until the first goal, we played some good football and created plenty of chances,” Gattuso told reporters. “Then, at the first sign of trouble, we collapsed as we have so often this season. We need to understand why we collapsed like that.....we don’t know how to react when we go behind. There are no excuses, we made fools of ourselves.”

The seven-time European champions have been under Chinese ownership since April, and spent more than €200m (£176.5m) in the last transfer window in an attempt to re-establish themselves as a force in Serie A. They are currently seventh in the table with seven wins and seven defeats.

Their latest loss came two days after Uefa rejected Milan’s request for a voluntary agreement that would have temporarily exempted the club from European football’s financial fair play rules.

Uefa said there were “still uncertainties in relation to the financing of the loans to be paid back in October 2018 and the financial guarantees provided by the main shareholder”.

Pjanic sets up win as Juve go second

Juventus won 3-0 at Bologna to overhaul Internazionale and go second, one point behind leaders Napoli who won 3-1 at Torino on Saturday. Miralem Pjanic put Juventus ahead in the 27th minute when he curled a free kick over the wall and into the top corner at the near post.

The Bosnian also set up Mario Mandzukic for the second nine minutes later and Blaise Matuidi completed the scoring with a half-volley from the edge of the area in the second half – his first goal for the club.

Juventus have 41 points, one more than Inter who lost their unbeaten record in a 3-1 home defeat by Udinese on Saturday.

Fiorentina missed the chance to go above Milan when they were held 0-0 at home by Genoa, and an early goal by Arlind Ajeti gave Crotone a 1-0 win over Chievo, their first under Walter Zenga, to end a run of four successive league defeats. Sassuolo snatched a last-minute win at Sampdoria through Alessandro Matri, seven minutes after team mate Matteo Politano had his penalty saved by Emiliano Viviano.