Allegri targets four vital points

Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said he is simply focusing on earning the four points necessary to deliver an 18th Italian league title to the club.

Milan head Serie A by eight points with four games left and due to their better head-to-head record against second-placed city rivals Inter, they need only four more points to be crowned champions.

They could even win the title this weekend if they beat Bologna at home on Sunday and the reigning champions fail to win away to Cesena the day before.

“Maybe Sunday won’t be enough but we should be thinking only of getting these four points and winning the title,” Allegri told Sky.

Milan are heading towards a possible double as they are also in the Italian Cup semi-finals, although last week they drew their home leg against Palermo 2-2.

The one blot on Allegri’s record this season was Milan’s early exit from the Champions League.

Having been beaten into second place in their group by a vastly superior Real Madrid, they were knocked out in the last 16 by Tottenham.

“We did everything possible,” he said.

“Of course, we could have beaten Tottenham. We didn’t manage to but there’s nothing to reproach us about. Right now it would be wrong to think about next season.

“There’s also an Italian Cup semi-final to play so we’ll try to achieve these two objectives (league and cup) which are the most important things.”