Franck Kessié’s performance against Lazio divided Italian media, while Sandro Tonali was the best player at Stadio Olimpico last night.
The Italy international scored a late winner against Lazio, helping the Rossoneri return to the top of the table following Inter‘s win over Roma on Saturday. The victory keeps Milan‘s title hope alive, although Simone Inzaghi’s men have a game in hand and can move one point clear of their city rivals if they beat Bologna on Wednesday.
Tonali was the best player on the pitch, according to the primary Italian sports papers: Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport and Tuttosport. His overall performance was more than convincing as he put in quality and quantity. The late winner was the icing on the cake and ‘the most important goal in his career’ wrote Corsport.
Franck Kessié, on the other hand, was not as convincing, at least per Gazzetta and Tuttosport. According to both papers, he was the worst Milan player on the pitch along with Pierre Kalulu. Kessié was rated 5 by both papers which highlighted that the Ivorian midfielder had been too naive during the game and was among the responsible for Ciro Immobile’s goal in the first half.
Il Corriere dello Sport offered a different view and rated Kessié 7/10, the same as Rafael Leao and Olivier Giroud (MVP Tonali was rated 8/10). Despite being too sloppy on Lazio’s opener, Kessié bossed the midfield in the second half, justifying a high rating from the Rome-based paper.