It was a bit of a strange build-up leading up to the trip to Bologna, but AC Milan put it to one side and won convincingly.
As Corriere della Sera (via MilanNews) report this morning, the headlines surrounding Milan were dominated by the Jean-Philippe Mateta drama, the many injury issues, the fact Inter are running away and the teams directly below keep winning.
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Last night, however, all of that was swept away by Milan, who at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara produced one of their best efforts of the season. The new attacking duo of Christopher Nkunku and Ruben-Loftus-Cheek was the catalyst, and the usual indispensable Adrien Rabiot scored too in a 3-0 win.
‘A show of strength’
In covering the match this morning, Corriere della Sera chose a phrase that aptly sums up the Milan performance in Emilia: ‘A Rossoneri show of strength’. With Rafael Leao, Christian Pulisic and Alexis Saelemaekers out, one of the best attacking performances of the season bizarrely followed.
Their replacements – Nkunku, Loftus-Cheek and Zachary Athekame – all performed well and were supported by the usual suspects. Luka Modric had a freer role, a hungry Rabiot devoured the midfield, and a solid defence kept things tight at the back.
Massimiliano Allegri, as expected, was very clear after the match: it’s much better to have increased the gap to fifth-placed Roma than to have matched Inter’s result. The crucial phase of the season is around the corner though, including the return derby on March 8.
Starting to think about even something more than Champions League qualification could be a healthy temptation, especially if Milan play with the authority they showed in Bologna, and with less games than their cousins.
It was nice to get a win against a tricky opponent but I didn’t like how we missed 3 1v1s. Not taking anything away from the Bologna keeper who was brilliant but there are games where we’ll have fewer chances and need to be clinical and then such misses will be really costly. By the way, if €5m is what it takes to redeem Niklas, I suggest they do it now. I like the guy and the strength he shows on the ball
+ if he plays like this with a broken toe, I can’t wait to see him in 100% fit. 😉
Atleast get a shot off.. If you miss or the keeper saves fine… but stop try rounding the keeper
RLC showed how it’s done, right? 😀 😀 😀
I can’t remember when I’ve last seen such a pathetic and embarrassing 1vs1 with the goalkeeper. Even a CB would have had a better attempt than our great Englishman had. If you even can call it “an attempt” as he literally just dribbled the ball into the keeper.
You had to laugh when he effed up that one-on-one. That was so RLC. hahaha Get’s to the box then has ZERO idea what to do. Like Fofana.
Great win for Milan. Great to see RLC getting on the scoresheet and having a solid game. Completely and totally embarrassing the RLC hate brigade.