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AC Milan coach Montella: Bacca meltdown unforgivable

AC Milan coach Vincenzo Montella moved to apologise for Carlos Bacca's meltdown after defeat to Juventus.

The Rossoneri were absolutely furious after Paulo Dybala converted a controversial penalty with the last kick of the game for a 2-1 victory.

Gianluigi Donnarumma was livid and said: “It's not possible, it's always them," while Montella had to physically stop Bacca attacking referee Davide Massa.

“Everyone has their interpretation and I want to apologise for the situation at the end, as that is unforgivable," Montella told Mediaset Premium.

“Massa told me he took the responsibility of giving the penalty. I am told he was far away and couldn't have seen it. I prefer not to talk about referees, even if on days like this it becomes difficult!

“Complaining doesn't get you anywhere. It's pointless. We have to focus, stay calm and accept that referees do make mistakes. We can only hope that the errors go in our favour…

“I don't want to talk about referees. The officials always told us there is no such thing as compensation and therefore I don't even want to see the Zapata incident, because it's irrelevant.

“One also has to say there is a big difference between a penalty 10 minutes in and one at the 95th minute. What I want to do is talk about football and keep everything calm.

“We had the chances to take the lead and a victory in an arena like this would've opened up a very different scenario for us. Nonetheless, the performance boosts our confidence and our faith in ourselves. We are still in the running for Europe."

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