AC Milan were made to work very hard for all three points against Napoli at San Siro, but they managed to get over the line with a 1-0 win.
The decisive moment came in the 25th minute when Milan took the lead with what was their first clear-cut opportunity of the game, as Theo Hernandez buried a lovely through ball from Rafael Leao.
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This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) has their ratings from the game, starting with Milan’s overall performance and Stefano Pioli’s management which both earned a score of 6.5 out of 10.
The man of the match was Theo Hernandez who was great at both ends, with the paper giving him a 7.5, while Christian Pulisic struggled to really get into the game and thus was awarded a 5.5.
Mike Maignan and Davide Calabria got a 6, with Simon Kjaer getting half a mark less for making some very rash challenges that could have been more costly. His centre-back partner Matteo Gabbia (7) shone again.
Ismael Bennacer (6) and Yacine Adli (6.5) did a good job in the double pivot as they started a game together for the first time, while Ruben Loftus-Cheek got a 6 too playing further ahead.
Rafael Leao provided the assists and thus got a 6.5 but was a tad wasteful aside from that, but Olivier Giroud didn’t really have much impact and was scored a 5.5.
Alessandro Florenzi came on in the first half for Davide Calabria and scored a 6.5, with Yunus Musah and Jan-Carlo Simic getting a 6 for their contributions off the bench.
