AC Milan clinched their first win of the pre-season, and in the Soccer Champions Tour, as Marco Nasti scored the 3-2 winner against Manchester City. Paulo Fonseca will surely be happy and below are the player ratings for the Rossoneri.
If you haven’t already, make sure to check out how we decide the player ratings. From the scale to what affects the rating, we have compiled everything there.
Starting XI
Torriani (6.5/10): The youngster was surprisingly good with his feet, not fazed by intense pressure, and was thus able to find a teammate nine times out of ten. He also made a good stop in the first half to deny Man City a goal.
Calabria (6/10): The captain mostly stayed on the right flank, not attempting any adventures infield, and he was okay for the most part in both phases of the game. However, he got beaten just before City’s second goal and he arguably could have done better then. That said, he had several good balls forward, either in behind the defence or out wide.
Gabbia (5.5/10): His man-marking wasn’t always spot on, as Man City created some dangerous chances through the middle, but he did an okay job in the end. Like everyone else, he also fell asleep a bit on the first goal.
Tomori (5/10): He was beaten too easily just before the first goal and had a few questionable moments on the ball. Horrible defending on the second goal at the start of the second half too.
Terracciano (5.5/10): Man City got their first goal thanks to him, lacking awareness when receiving the ball and throwing himself to the ground was too easy. He did have some nice tackles, though, and also took up good positions in attack at times. But he must do better overall defensively.
Bennacer (6.5/10): The Algerian, as you would expect, was very comfortable on the ball and made himself available to his teammates. He also switched the play a lot and directed the play, which is just what we want to see.
Florenzi (N/A): He had to be subbed off due to a very serious knee injury. We would like to send our best wishes to the veteran, hopefully it was just a false alarm even if it looked very bad.
Chukwueze (7.5/10 – MOTM): We didn’t see an awful lot of him on the ball, but when we did see him, he was incredibly effective. Two very nice assists, using his skill to retain possession and wait for just the right moment to send the ball into the box.
Loftus-Cheek (6/10): He started the game with some very good runs in behind the defence and had some really nice flicks on the counters. It was nothing spectacular, but he was also decent when he moved down in midfield in the second half.
Saelemaekers (7/10): It was a very bright start from the Belgian, taking on his man often and driving down the left-hand side with skill. Although it calmed down a bit, he then got a good assist for Nasti from the right. It will be very interesting to hear Fonseca’s thoughts on his future.
Colombo (7.5/10): Two great goals, well-taken, thanks to pure striker’s instinct. It seems a loan move is on the cards for him and we can only hope that he can find the consistency. Having said that, he dropped down a bit too much, but that seemed to be Fonseca’s orders though.
Substitutes
Pobega (6/10): He came off the bench to replace the injured and while it was heavy-touch galore for a second there, he improved and in the end, it was enough to get a pass.
Nasti (6.5/10): He was gifted a chance that he arguably should have put away, trying to round the keeper instead of shooting immediately. However, he redeemed himself with a nice goal (after a good run) which put Milan ahead and it ended up being the winner.
Thiaw (6/10): While Man City did still create a few chances, he helped see out the game and although it might seem harsh on the starting centre-backs, he gets a pass here.
Kalulu (6/10): Same as Thiaw, not doing anything extraordinary but holding his ground and keeping Man City from scoring more goals.
Liberali (6): He picked up some interesting positions and compared to the game against Rapid Wien, he looked a lot more confident and thus succeeded in his actions as well.
Jimenez (N/A): A couple of good bursts forward but we didn’t see enough to give him a rating.
Pulisic (N/A): We didn’t see enough to give him a rating.
Musah (N/A): We didn’t see enough to give him a rating.
Bakoune (N/A): We didn’t see enough to give him a rating.