‘Now we have to finish it’

English football at the moment and we have to accept that.

“That does not mean the team have no spirit. You have to show that until the end of the season. Overall it is important to win, but it is not qualification. We have to finish the job at home. I am happy with the spirit and response we gave.

“At some stage you need to respond together with a good performance. That’s what we did tonight.

“The result will lift the belief in the team a little bit. Because when you lose three times in six days, it’s always very difficult. We want to keep our focus and finish the job next week. That is the target.” Ramsey, who struck in first-half stoppagetime as a second blow to Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso, left, said: “We started well, we got a couple of goals in the first half and we have shown we have plenty of character in the team.

“It is never easy to come to the San Siro and play AC Milan, we came here before and lost 4-0. We played well in the first half and moved the ball well and kept a clean sheet.

“We have been on a bad run and sometimes you train hard and it does not work, but we know what we are capable of.”

Elsewhere in the Europa League, Valon Berisha’s double earned Red Bull Salzburg a 2-1 win at Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund. Andre Schurrle pulled a goal back.

Lyon also earned a slender 1-0 first-leg lead away to CSKA Moscow thanks to Marcelo’s first-half goal.