Duvan Zapata, Ivan Ilic and Ricardo Rodriguez scored for Toro, with Ismael Bennacer's penalty a Milan consolation.
Even though the result is harsh considering they only had four shots on goal, we were distracted and not focused enough on those crosses in the first half," Pioli told Sky Italia.
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We lost a lot of the individual duels and this is the direction the game went in. It's not that we didn't play, but they were more focused and determined in the incidents that decided the match.
We were the best of the 'normal' teams this season, as there was one team that did something extraordinary, and we did better than the others. It's not about first choice players, but Torino gave it a bit more tonight that allowed them to get to the loose balls first, reach the crosses and headers first."