Paolo Maldini urges Milan to secure top-four finish

Back-to-back defeats have meant that

Stefano Pioli

’s men have dropped down to fifth on the table, with their top-four hopes dangling by a thread. So they are desperate to get back to winning ways and return to the top four when they welcome

at San Siro.

“Criticism is only down to the negative recent results, but we knew there would be more difficult days than we experienced in the last 14 months and that we’d have to remember them during the good days,”

Maldini told DAZN

.

“This team is working so well and now ready to reap the rewards of all that hard work throughout the season.”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

returns to the starting line-up after missing the games with

and

through injury.

“A player like this can have more injuries than a younger forward, but the impact he brings both on the field with goals and experience, and off it with his character, it’s natural he’s been missed.”

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