Fikayo Tomori promises response from Milan after below-par show against Chelsea

Fikayo Tomori has promised AC Milan will make up for last week's below-par showing at Stamford Bridge when they host Chelsea at the San Siro.

Former Chelsea defender Tomori cut a frustrated figure as his Milan side slipped to a 3-0 Champions League loss in west London last week.

The 24-year-old exorcised some of those demons by netting the first goal in Milan's 2-0 Serie A win over Juventus on Saturday.

But the Canada-born England centre-back insisted the Rossoneri are still determined to set the record straight in Tuesday's Group E encounter.

"As a matter of fact I was very angry after the game against Chelsea, so that was my feeling," said Tomori.

"Of course I was happy and it was very good for me to score the goal [against Juventus], but my feeling was still very angry after that performance, and it had to be cancelled out completely.

"And it was a good way in any case to do it by scoring a goal. I think for us we knew that it wasn't us [against Chelsea], we didn't play as we have been playing since I've been here.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates after scoring Chelsea's second goal in their 3-0 Champions League win over AC Milan at Stamford Bridge on October 5, 2022. AFP

"Especially in a tough game at a big stadium in the Champions League, that's when we want to show it and we didn't really do it. So it was disappointing for us."

Chelsea will always be a special match for Tomori, who came through the Blues' academy after moving to England from Canada when he was still a baby with his Nigerian parents.

Of the recent clutch of British players to arrive in Italy it is probably Tomori who has settled best, an undisputed starter for the seven-time European champions and a man who is enjoying life in Milan.

Tomori had