‘I’ll rip your finger off’, ‘Barella is being an actor’ – What was said in tense Milan derby

Massimiliano Allegri told the Inter-Milan referee on Sunday that Nicolò Barella was being an ‘actor’ while Francesco Acerbi threatened Rafael Leao: ‘I’ll rip your finger off.’

DAZN Italia has published some behind-the-scenes footage from Sunday’s derby della Madonnina, which Milan won 1-0 against Inter.

There was an incident minutes before the halftime whistle when Acerbi pulled Rafael Leao’s hair during an aerial duel, irritating the Milan ace.

The Portuguese forward confronted Acerbi and repeatedly told the referee: “He pulled my hair, why did he pull my hair?”

Acerbi insisted he had not done it on purpose, but when Leao pointed his finger at him and said: “It’s the last time, it’s the last time,” the Inter defender firmly replied: “Next time, I’ll rip your finger off.”

Seeing the argument, Bernardo Corradi, one of Massimiliano Allegri’s assistants, told the Milan boss that Leao had to remain calm.

A few minutes later, however, Leao received a yellow card, the only one in the game, for a foul on Barella, right in front of the Milan bench.

Allegri protested: “Sozza, Acerbi had pulled his hair,” the Milan coach told the referee, and then added: “Come on, Barella is being an actor.”

Allegri was also unhappy with a penalty kick given to Inter in the second half, and after Hakan Calhanoglu missed it, he told his assistants: “How can you give a penalty kick like that?”

Lastly, when match winner Christian Pulisic was subbed off, Allegri smiled at him and said: “Well done, Chris, are you dead?”