Top 6 struggles and toothless attack: All the key stats from Atalanta vs. Milan | OneFootball

AC Milan suffered a disappointing defeat away at Atalanta on Friday evening, conceding a late winner at Gewiss Stadium. Taking a look at the stats from the game, it’s clear that the Rossoneri weren’t good enough.

Paulo Fonseca was eager to focus on the performance of the referee in his post-match comments, though perhaps he should have focused on his team instead. Indeed, it wasn’t a good second half and Atalanta deservedly clinched the win.

Atalanta dominate proceedings

The overall stats show that Atalanta dominated most of the proceedings, winning every single stat possible, at least of the ones we highlighted on MilanData. 4 against 1 in big chances and 7 against 0 in corners says a whole lot about the game.

Indeed, as mentioned, Milan seemingly switched off for the second half and decided to play for the draw. It came back to bite them and Fonseca should seriously evaluate his own role in this, failing to make the necessary changes.

Toothless in attack

Related to the above, having just two shots on target is far from good enough. The first came inside the first 15 seconds, courtesy of Christian Pulisic, and the other was Alvaro Morata’s strike on the equaliser. In other words, they both came in the first half.

In the second half, therefore, Milan were absolutely toothless and this is also shown by 7-0 in corners. The Rossoneri may have looked a lot more solid defensively, at least in open play, but it’s clear that the attack suffered and that was also due to Pulisic’s injury.

Big-team struggles continue

Milan have faced the top six sides once this season and in those games, they have clinched just five points. That’s out of a possible 18, which is far from good enough especially if your goal is to compete for the Scudetto.

Something needs to change in January, that’s for sure, and it likely won’t be a managerial change as Milan still have faith in Fonseca. The question is if it will be too late in January, with the Champions League slipping out of sight.