Player ratings | Milan 0-0 Newcastle: Productive Krunic, wasteful Giroud

A toothless Milan failed to break the deadlock in their Champions League opener against Newcastle United: here are Football Italia’s ratings.

Milan

Mike Maignan – 6 – Little to do in the way of saves. Ineffective passing but good presence in the penalty area (81’ Marco Sportiello – N/A).

Davide Calabria – 5 – Unconvincing defending against Anthony Gordon and unproductive when venturing forward (45’ Alessandro Florenzi – 5.5).

Malick Thiaw – 6 – Accurate and useful passing, decent defensive performance but struggled in the duels.

Fikayo Tomori – 7 – Confident and collected work from the Englishman, who completed all of his 49 passes and won five ground duels.

Theo Hernandez – 7 – Threatening when marauding down the left, keenly involved in attacking moves, producing four clear chances.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek – 5 – Wasteful in possession and struggled to be much use off the ball (72’ Yunus Musah – 6)

Rade Krunic – 6.5 – Worked hard defensively and helped kickstart attacking moves with his accurate passing.

Tommaso Pobega – 5 – Failed to impose himself in the midfield and wasn’t useful in the final third (61’ Tijjani Reijnders – 6).

Samuel Chukwueze – 5.5 – Failed to be decisive in attack, unable to find the right combination to unlock the Newcastle defence (61’ Christian Pulisic – 6.5).

Olivier Giroud – 5 – Can’t fault his work rate but toothless in the final third. Should’ve done better considering his quality and experience.

Rafael Leao – 5.5 – Looked threatening on the ball but was all left feet in the Newcastle penalty area. Will be frustrated with his own performance.

Newcastle United

Nick Pope – 8

Kieran Trippier – 7

Fabian Schar – 5

Sven Botman – 5.5

Dan Burn – 6

Sean Longstaff – 6.5

Bruno Guimaraes – 5.5

Sandro Tonali – 5 (72’ Elliot Anderson – 5)

Jacob Murphy – 6 (63’ Callum Wilson – 4.5)

Alexander Isak – 5.5 (91’ Harvey Barnes – N/A)

Anthony Gordon – 5.5 (63’ Miguel Almiron – 5)