AC Milan coach Rino Gattuso was happy with victory over SPAL.

Andrea Petagna had given SPAL the lead at San Siro, but Samu Castillejo and Higuain turned it around, plus a last-gasp Gianluigi Donnarumma save on Mohamed Fares for the 2-1 result.

“I liked the team performance a great deal, both technically and tactically. I liked the mentality of the side, that knew how to suffer," Gattuso told DAZN.

“We could've killed it off earlier and must continue to improve. We've had to deal with all sorts of things this year. Now we go to Doha without Suso for the Italian Super Cup, one of our most important players, but I don't want any alibis.

“We had two big games in December that we didn't make the most of, but we've just got to lick our wounds and keep going."