AC Milan failed to find the back of the net once again in the Champions League and thus lost the crucial game against PSG by three goals to nil. Several players were poor and below are the player ratings for the Rossoneri.
Starting XI
Maignan (6.5): He couldn’t do anything about the goals, and especially didn’t get any help on the second one, but he made a great save on Mbappe in the second half. Also, his distribution was the only thing creating chances for Milan tonight.
Kalulu (5.5): He was missing on the first goal, when Tomori needed him the most, but that looked more like a tactical error. In any case, the youngster could have done better defensively but was the only one comfortable in possession, which helps his rating a bit.
Tomori (5.5): On the first goal, not much can be done against a player like Mbappe, he needed support for sure. But on the disallowed goal, he needed to do better and he couldn’t quite keep up with the pace today. He was the only one awake on that corner before the 2-0, though, which is some sort of plus I guess.
Thiaw (5): He lost the battle with Kolo Muani immediately and got booked for another silly foul. He did okay after that but was rightfully taken off at half-time.
Hernandez (5): Wearing the captain’s armband, he needed to do much better in both phases of the game. His end product wasn’t good enough when going forward and the defending was subpar, as seen on the 3-0 goal when he just didn’t follow his man.
Musah (6): Apart from Maignan, he’s the only player in the starting eleven who gets a pass today. He covered a lot of ground and was okay in possession, above all helping set up a few chances with some interceptions.
Krunic (4): Yikes. He got booked very early after a lazy giveaway and then was incredibly sloppy with his passing, which you cannot be as the No.6. In the second half, he was a ghost and that became even more clear when Adli replaced him.
Reijnders (5.5): He had good intentions going forward, beating his man here and there to open up space, but he wasn’t good enough defensively tonight. Of course, that shouldn’t really be his duty, but more could be asked especially on the first goal.
Pulisic (5): This rating looks harsh, seeing as he had some good dribbles and created more concrete chances than his opposite man, but he also missed a huge chance at 1-0. He had so much time to just bring down the ball and shoot. Not only was passing the wrong decision, but he also executed it poorly.
Giroud (5): Won some duels but also lost many. In fairness, whenever it looked like he had got into a good position the cross didn’t arrive. Still too invisible though.
Leao (4.5): Where do we even begin? He has clearly lost something over the last few weeks. He struggled in the battle with Lucas Hernandez and his decision-making was way off tonight. When he had a 1v1 opportunity, he decided to shoot. When he should have crossed it near post, he delivered it to the far post. The list goes on. Sacchi is going to have a field day with this, unfortunately.
Substitutes
Calabria (5.5): Got done by Mbappe once but aside from that, he did okay defensively.
Adli (6): Milan needed his passing from the start as they started to create some momentum by simply getting the ball into the right spaces.
Pobega (N/A): We didn’t see enough to give him a rating.
Kjaer (N/A): We didn’t see enough to give him a rating.
