On Saturday, Maldini admitted he could play on next season and said last night: "I feel good, the important thing was obviously to bring home the three points. Mentally and physically it was difficult after the disappointment of Tuesday evening (against Arsenal). There was a difficulty in recovering the trust in ourselves, we were very tired, but we did enough."

After being named man-of-the-match, Maldini added: "By the end of this career, I will have received many messages of esteem from my opponents: this cannot give me anything but pleasure."