Serie A: AC Milan suffer heaviest defeat since 1998
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Atalanta, who are in the Champions League knockout stages, rise to fifth in the table.
Milan had not lost by five goals in any competition since being beaten 5-0 by Roma in May 1998.
Pioli, the club’s third manager of 2019, said: “This cannot be the real Milan.
“[We] approached the match in the wrong way and you just can’t afford to do that against this team.
“Today’s performance was seriously insufficient. I expected a reaction from us in the second half but it didn’t come. In fact, we were even worse.”