There were a mixed bag of performances from the AC Milan players on what was a mixed night in general as they lost 1-0 against Bayer Leverkusen.
Victor Boniface got the only goal early in the second half after the home side had dominated the first 45 minutes, yet Milan missed some big chances and can feel unlucky not to have been awarded at least one penalty.
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La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) have their ratings from the game starting with the team’s overall performance which was given a 6 out of 10, and Paulo Fonseca’s management of the game which was awarded a 5.5.
The best player on the pitch in the eyes of the paper for the Rossoneri was Youssouf Fofana who was given a 7 after doing a brilliant job in midfield, while the player who struggled the most was right-back Emerson Royal and he was awarded a 5.
In terms of the other positives, Mike Maignan was excellent again and kept out a number of shots in the first half (7), while Alvaro Morata (6.5) provided some necessary energy and quality off the bench. Matteo Gabbia, Christian Pulisic and Tammy Abraham all got a passing grade of 6.
Six players got a 5.5 and in many ways that tells the story of the night in terms of being almost there but not quite good enough, and they were Fikayo Tomori, Theo Hernandez, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Tijjani Reijnders, Rafael Leao and Samuel Chukwueze.
These ratings are more accurate.
Overall, the players who stood out yesterday were Maignan (especially in the first half) and Fofana (especially in the second half) and Morata to a lesser degree. All the others were subpar and the worst one is accurately Emerson who decided to act like a highway for Boniface.
Fofana IMO delivered in the second half arguably the best performance of an AC Milan midfielder since 2023 and maybe even since Kessié left (unless I forgot a great performance from the 2022/23 season). Which says a bit about the quality of our midfield.
Agreed. These were better ratings. Not many did well
Why Emerson playing?? He can’t even be a Milan future player
Even all the Brazilians are ashamed of him because he makes them look bad. And to think he has played for his country too!!! Pele must have turned in his grave.
Calabria would have done a better job yesterday
Even with a broken leg.
Emerson Royal what a gift of 15m to Tottenham, how did he get to this stage. He is just not good
This is a completely different team when Morata is on. Fonseca needs to have the Morata effect on at all times, even when the Spaniard isn’t playing.
Glad to see Fofana improving, while Emerson still hasn’t really.
calabria should play i’ve seen enough he is horrible has no pace no posision awerness cant attack cant pass cant defend what can he do? yes he is always man of the match for the other team but for us nope a absolute scam. And morata needs to play every game
Calabria is not much better. Jiminez should play.
Jimenez cannot defend.