AC Milan failed to clinch their first point s in the edition of the Champions League as Bayer Leverkusen prevailed tonight. The Rossoneri fought hard, perhaps even a bit unlucky, and below are the player ratings. From the scale to what affects the rating, we have compiled everything there. Maignan 7. He was also good with his feet. Emerson Royal 6 : Taking the entire game into consideration, he did enough to get a pass here as he was constantly available when going forward and also did okay on the ball.
Defensively, he was beaten a few times but also had good moments. Gabbia 6 : Calm and collected for most of the game, with some good interventions, and the goal was an unlucky one to concede for the entire defence. Tomori 6 : Just like his centre-back colleague, he defended well for most of the game and his pace allowed Milan to have slightly higher positions on the left-hand side.
He perhaps could have done better on the goal, but it was a great run and an even better pass. Hernandez 6. He also hit the bar with a thumping effort, albeit deflected. Fofana 7 : In my opinion, this was the best game from the Frenchman in the Milan shirt. He truly commanded the play in that second half โ when the Rossoneri actually got going โ and even created a couple of good chances himself. His defending was very important too and this is exactly what we want to see from him.
He was also quite unlucky not to get a goal after managing to keep his effort down on the half-volley. Pulisic 6 : He was almost always available, like Emerson Royal, and picked up some good positions in the centre-right of the pitch. More incisiveness in attack would have been nice, but he just about gets a pass here. Reijnders 5. The missed chance when he was through, thinking there was still a defender there, was fatal. Leao 5. However, the feeling is that he could have done a lot more in attack in that second half.
Abraham 6 : He worked incredibly hard from start to finish and probably should have had a penalty, brought down in the penalty box after a nice run with the ball. It was also nice to see him battle away in the aerial duels, with some success too. Morata 6 : It was more or less what you would expect from him, with hard work and an ability to get on the ball when the crosses came in.
