AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli admitted frustration after their 0-0 draw with Empoli on Friday night.

Milan were denied a penalty by VAR and a goal scored by Olivier Giroud.

“It is certainly not the result we wanted and our regrets are more about the first half, where we could've pushed harder. We played with intensity, allowing Empoli nothing at all, and did everything we needed to in the second half to win the game, but the ball didn't want to go in," Pioli told Sky Italia.

“This is a pity, but the team is in good shape. The result is negative, but not the performance.

“Clearly we expect goals from the strikers and we did create the chances, but we should've filled the penalty area better not just with the forwards, also the full-backs and midfielders. We were lacking something."