Maldini: There’s no crisis
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Veteran Milan defender Paolo Maldini insists that the Rossoneri aren’t in crisis, despite a disastrous home defeat against Empoli.

The Diavolo have made a miserable start to the campaign and the pressure is building on Coach Carlo Ancelotti after a shock 1-0 reverse against the Tuscan minnows.

Milan are yet to win at home this term and are now 10 points adrift of city rivals Inter, but Maldini is staying calm.

“It hurts that we have fallen behind the leaders, but that doesn’t mean that we are a side in crisis,” the 39-year-old insisted.

Maldini returned to action for the first time since picking up a knee injury at the end of last season, but he was unable to arrest the European champions’ slide.

“We just have to stay calm,” he continued. “When we returned to the dressing room there was a strange silence until Vice-President Adriano Galliani comforted us.

“You have to remember that we were missing three strikers and that hurt us more than we expected.”

Milan must now pick themselves up for the visit of Cristiano Lucarelli’s Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.

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