AC Milan secured three very important points at Fiorentina last night and Rafael Leao was the big hero, bagging a goal and an assist. Gazzetta dello Sport published their player ratings this morning and gave him the MOTM award.
Thanks to the win, and Juve’s defeat to Lazio, Milan are now six points to the good in second place and Inter are currently eleven points ahead. In our player ratings, Mike Maignan was named the MOTM at 8/10, but one can understand Gazzetta dello Sport too.
Leao, with a goal and an assist, was named the MOTM by the pink newspaper at 8/10. Maignan was the second-best player at 7.5, making an extraordinary save on Andrea Belotti in the second half. Indeed, both of them led Milan to victory.
The likes of Tijjani Reijnders, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Samuel Chukwueze also did very well at 7. The latter has seemingly found his stride, showing great confidence, while the Dutchman bagged an assist and the Englishman scored the opener.
Davide Calabria, Fikayo Tomori, Alessandro Florenzi, Ismael Bennacer and Matteo Gabbia did more than average a 6.5, while the Americans Yunus Musah and Christian Pulisic passed the test at 6. The forwards Olivier Giroud and Noah Okafor struggled at 5.5.
The worst, however, was Malick Thiaw at 5.5 as he was carded after a very clumsy challenge. He still seems to be lacking that crucial match fitness and his size is almost a problem for him now.
