AC Milan fell to perhaps their most damaging defeat of the season, as they lost 1-0 to Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Milan headed south to Naples hoping to add further impetus to their title bid by beating the team directly below them, yet they came up short and were leapfrogged in the end. Massimiliano Allegri’s men paid dearly for a lapse in concentration for Politano’s winner with just over 10 minutes to go.
The Rossoneri were better in the first half than in the second as Antonio Conte made changes that La Gazzetta dello Sport believe were ultimately more courageous. Now, the objective is very much to lock up a Champions League spot as soon as possible.
Napoli 1-0 AC Milan: Player ratings from Italian media
This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport gives Milan’s overall performance a 5.5 as well as Massimiliano Allegri’s management of the game. The best player was Strahinja Pavlovic (6.5), while Niclas Füllkrug struggled the most (5) having been given a chance from the start again.
There were a number of players who performed a bit below par, with Alexis Saelemaekers, Youssouf Fofana, Adrien Rabiot, Zachary Athekame, Santiago Gimenez and Christian Pulisic all receiving a score of 5.5.
Christopher Nkunku and Davide Bartesaghi got the same grade as Pavlovic, while Mike Maignan, Fikayo Tomori, Koni De Winter and Luka Modric all got at least a pass (6).
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Corriere dello Sport gave Allegri a 6, as well as Maignan, Tomori, Saelemaekers and Modric. Scores of 5.5 went to De Winter, Athekame, Rabiot, Gimenez and Pulisic. Half a point less was given to Nkunku, Füllkrug, Bartesaghi and Fofana.
Finally, the main bits from Tuttosport’s ratings is that they gave De Winter, Saelemaekers, Rabiot, Füllkrug and Nkunku a five. The only ones to get a pass were Modric, Tomori and Maignan, while Pavlovic (6.5) remained was the sole positive performance.
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Man Alegri afraid to go after results.
this super balanced defesive nonsense it not gona win you titles.
we could have been ontop of the log if we attacked the smaller teams. those losses and draws. were just