Milan were defeated for the second Champions League match in a row, losing 1-0 to Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, despite an end-to-end affair towards the end of the second-half.
Here are the Milan ratings from Tuesday’s entertaining clash between Xabi Alonso and Paulo Fonseca’s sides.
Champions League: Leverkusen 0-0 Milan – Player ratings
Milan
Maignan 7.5 – Almost single-handedly kept Milan in it until Boniface’s opener. He did parry a few efforts back into dangerous areas, but most of the follow-ups did not end up on target.
Emerson Royal 5 – Not the most composed when Milan were able to venture further forwards in the second half
Gabbia 5.5 – Not quite as assured as some of his recent performances in Rossoneri colours, but a sign of how far he has come on to be given these opportunities in such big games.
Tomori 5.5 – Neither of the Rossoneri centre-backs were particularly convincing against what was a dangerous and lightning quick Leverkusen attack. Done in by a wonderful flick from Alex Garcia just before Boniface’s goal.
Theo Hernandez 6 – Jeremie Frimpong was afforded space running off Milan’s flying left-back, and used his speed to get the better of the Frenchman on a few occasions, including for Boniface’s goal. More helpful going forwards than he was at the back.
Fofana 6 – Milan’s orchestrator at the base of midfield grew into things as the second half progressed, a pair of speculative efforts from distance but then a really nice cross for Morata, who should have done slightly better with his header.
Loftus-Cheek 6 – Used his physical assets to dominate his duels in the middle of the park, but was not the neatest performance in terms of creativity.
Pulisic 7 – Capitalised on his recent strong form to register Milan’s first real effort on target and looked keen to get himself a fifth goal in five matches. Bright again in the Rossoneri attack. (Chukwueze 5.5)
Reijnders 6.5 – Might have got his side back into it had he shot first time rather than taking an extra few touches in the area in the second-half.
Leao 5.5 – A very quiet evening for Fonseca’s star forward, who did not see anywhere near as much of the ball as he would have liked.
Abraham 6 – Another hearty performance from the former England international, but not quite neat and tidy enough in and around the opposition’s penalty area. (Morata 6)
Leverkusen
Hradecky 7.5; Tapsoba 6.5, Tah 6.5, Hincapie 6.5; Frimpong 7, Xhaka 6.5, Garcia 7, Grimaldo 7; Adli 6.5, Wirtz 7; Boniface 7.5.
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