Gattuso is on 10-15 tablets a day

The experienced midfielder was pleased to be part of AC Milan's win over Chievo, but laughed off questions regarding the future of he and the other Rossoneri veterans.AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso was delighted to be back in the starting lineup on Tuesday as the Rossoneri went back to the top of Serie A thanks to a 1-0 win over Chievo.The former Italy midfielder started for the first time since September in Tuesday's 1-0 win away to Chievo after returning from an optical nerve condition, but afterwards explained that he is still receiving a continued course of medication."How am I? I just know that I’m on 10-15 tablets a day," said Gattuso in the post-match press conference. "My wife has to remind me to take them because I forget."I’m full of cortisone and that is not nice, but I do it for my love of football. The fact that I started against Chievo is a miracle."All the medicine that I'm taking is making all my muscles get so hard. Wait, hold on, don't start thinking dirty!"The victory in Verona was Milan's first in four games, with Massimiliano Allegri's side having lost the advantage in Serie A and exited the Champions League as a result, but Gattuso claims that the camp is still united."We needed to give a response and although we struggled, we got the result we required in Verona. It will be a battle until the end with Juve," he warned."I hear a lot of rubbish being spoken about Milan and our coach. This squad is healthy and it has a desire for victory."This team has been at the top for two years, but it can happen that you play badly and lose like we did against Fiorentina. It may occur to Juventus too."Gattuso says he is unhappy to hear that team-mates Alessandro Nesta and Clarence Seedorf have been lined up by Juve to follow in the footsteps of Andrea Pirlo, who left San Siro for Turin last summer."It was not nice to hear that Pirlo wants Nesta and Seedorf at Juve. Has he called me? No, only the Arabs call me!" he joked.Gattuso did, though, have words of praise for Juve boss Amtonio Conte. The 42-year-old coach made headlines last week when he urged his team to "spit blood" until the final match of the season as they tried to retake the top spot in the Serie A table.His words appeared to have an effect as Juventus took advantage of the Rossoneri's weekend slip-up against Fiorentina, and Gattuso drew comparisons between the coach and film star Al Pacino, who led a band of modern day gladiators in the film 'Any Given Sunday'."Conte seemed like Al Pacino talking to the team," Gattuso told reporters. "When I heard him, I jumped off the couch and started doing skip exercises!"Juventus are giving their all on and off the field, but this is not something that bothers me."Milan have moved up to first in the Serie A table after Tuesday's win, but Juve host Lazio on Wednesday knowing that a win will take them a point clear once more.