AC Milan clinched a very important 3-1 win over Empoli yesterday, ahead of what will be three tough games against Chelsea (X2) and Juventus. A few players stood out in the win, as a report highlights.
It was a tough game for the Rossoneri, who had to fight until the very end to clinch the win after conceding a 92nd-minute equaliser. Fode Ballo-Toure was the big hero with the 2-1 goal and Rafael Leao then added to the party.
Gazzetta Dello Sport took stock of the player performances and there were a few standouts. Leao was the MOTM with a rating of 8/10, followed by Ballo-Toure, Sandro Tonali and Ante Rebic at 7.
Rade Krunic and Fikayo Tomori did a little more than just okay and thus got a 6.5 from the newspaper. The Bosnian, for example, got the crucial assist for the second goal, while Tomori really grew into the game at the back.
Ciprian Tatarusanu, Davide Calabria, Simon Kjaer, Alexis Saelemaekers, Charles De Ketelaere, Pierre Kalulu, Brahim Diaz and Sergino Dest passed the test at 6. Olivier Giroud, meanwhile, was the flop at 5.5 and Ismael Bennacer got the same rating for committing the foul on Empoli’s goal.
If the keeper doesn’t make a very poor error, the Empoli free kick is not a goal and no one even remembers Bennacer’s foul. How the keeper could get a higher rating than Bennacer makes no sense at all. It was his error on the goal.
Yes oooo you are correct you form a wall 🧱 and stood behind it why moving a step to your right when the wall is right there before moving back left side when the ball has passed you bad golie
The keeper really made some crucial saves which i think got him the higher rating
True talk but the goal is too weak to beat him because he is tall and the wall was super solid why going right again where the wall is
The stats say he made 3 saves, the only one of which I remember was 1v1 with Bajrami when the game was still scoreless. That was a case of a poor shot more than anything, almost straight at the keeper. If he made another big save I’m missing then I admit I’m mistaken, but I don’t recall. Either way, it’s too harsh on Bennacer for me.