AC Milan made it five wins out of six in the league last night as they beat Cagliari 3-1 in Sardinia, coming from behind in the game.
Tuttosport (via PianetaMilan) has their ratings from the game, starting with Marco Sportiello who perhaps should have done better for the goal but made a good save on Oristanio in the second half, earning a 6 out of 10.
Theo Hernandez had a ‘few flashes’ but not much more so he also got a 6, while Fikayo Tomori was ‘the only one of his team to stop Luvumbo in the open field’ and scored what ended up being the winner, getting a 7.
Malick Thiaw had a very physical duel with Petagna and he ‘didn’t lose it’, so got a 6.5, while Alessandro Florenzi played the right-back role ‘with order’, receiving a 6.
Tijjani Reijnders got a 6.5, with the following comment: “When he lights up, it’s a different Milan – faster, more attacking, more vertical. Him coming off was a surprise, perhaps to avoid exhaustion.”
Yacine Adli got a 6 for his ‘recovered balls and forward passes’ but he ‘tarnished the performance by losing the ball which gave rise to the 1-0’, though he did produce an excellent block on Luvumbo in the second half. Tommaso Pobega replaced him, and got a 5.5 for losing a few balls.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek seemed to be having a mixed night and could have come off in the second half but he stayed on and scored the 3-1 goal with a strike from distance, scoring a 6.5.
Samuel Chukwueze had space and was often found with the ball but he did little to hurt Cagliari in the eyes of the paper, getting a score of 5.5 as his replacement Luka Romero did too.
Noah Okafor ‘struggled to juggle Cagliari’s powerful centre-backs, he had two chances, but he was not clinical cynical, then he was quick to exploit Radunovic’s gift’. Rating: 6.5.
Christian Pulisic struggled for 40 minutes, then ‘he wakes up and creates the three actions from which the goals arise’. He got a rating of 7, while Rafael Leao replaced him and was ‘soft’, scoring a 5.5.
Stefano Pioli got a 6.5 for his management of the game. The quick one-two punch at the end of the first half changed a match that was becoming complicated.
