AC Milan played well for large parts of their defeat against Napoli but ultimately lost due to individual errors, something that is reflected in this morning’s ratings.
The fear is that the Scudetto train has already left Milan behind as they were beaten 2-0 by Napoli at San Siro on Tuesday night. Both of the goals came in the first half for the away team as Romelu Lukaku got the opener early on before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia doubled the advantage just before the break.
This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) has their ratings from the game, starting with the team’s overall performance which got a 5.5 out of 10. There is also a striking contrast in the scores of the two head coaches, as Paulo Fonseca was given a 5.5 while Antonio Conte scored 7.5.
The best player on the pitch for Milan was adjudged to be Alvaro Morata, who was given a 6.5 due to his work rate and coming closest with a disallowed goal. Mike Maignan had an uncharacteristically poor night and a hand in both goals, so he got the lowest score of 5.
Samuel Chukwueze (6.5) was the only other player to really impress on the night, with Yunus Musah plus the two substitutes Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao each getting a passing grade of 6.
There is a sea of 5.5s: Malick Thiaw, Strahinja Pavlovic, Filippo Terracciano, Youssouf Fofana, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Noah Okafor all struggled. Finally, Emerson Royal was given a 5.
Musah a 6??? wow
Lol, Emerson the scapegoat as usual. But the scores somehow reflect our overall bad performance
The second goal is just as much Fofana’s fault, as it is Royal’s. He passively lets Kvara do what he does best UPON Royal leaving him to enter a dangerous fronal zone. I agree with the previous poster, Emerson is becoming a scapegoat and some players are spared criticism, because of their theoretical superior quality which amounts to nothing after evenings like these. Did Emerson make any other mistakes or was it mostly a Mike-Pavlovic horror show? Musah nearly scored a spectacular equalizer, but also failed to make the most of Buongiorno’s mistake with Morata standing infront of goal. Chuck follows the same path – some encouraging plays, followed by direct goal kick crosses and predictable dribbling. How many millions do all of the mentioned above cost the club?
“Mike Maignan had an uncharacteristically poor night and a hand in both goals, so he got the lowest score of 5.” At least some ppl see it. Good eyes!
Except it’s not that uncharacteristic.