There was an abundance of praise handed out to the AC Milan players after they recorded a 3-1 win over Roma on Thursday evening to begin 2022 in the right way.
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This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanLive) has their player ratings and they have given Sandro Tonali the title of man of the match plus a score of 7.5 after another game in which he was a leader in the midfield, dominating in both phases.
Mike Maignan got a 7 as he kept out many of Roma’s attempts and the ‘excellent’ Brahim Diaz git the same score, as the Spaniard finally had a good game in terms of quality and intensity. Olivier Giroud and Junior Messias – who both scored – got a 7 as well, as did Rafael Leao who came off the bench to net the winning goal.
The two full-backs Alessandro Florenzi and Theo Hernandez earned a 6.5, with the former in particular enjoying getting one over on the club he is on loan from. Rade Krunic played a deeper role and got a 6.5, as did his replacement Tiemoue Bakayoko.
The centre-back pairing of Pierre Kalulu and Matteo Gabbia got a 6 just as Alexis Saelemaekers did on the left side, and finally while Ibrahimovic got an assist for Leao’s goal he missed a penalty and therefore got a 6 too.
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