Player Ratings: Monza 0-1 AC Milan – Messias decisive; CDK struggles | OneFootball

AC Milan claimed their third consecutive 1-0 win this evening as Junior Messias scored the winner against Monza with a good strike. Down below are the player ratings for the Rossoneri.

Starting XI

Tatarusanu (6.5): He made two very good stops at the start of the game and was secure in the aerial play throughout the game. He nearly scored a very unlucky goal as a shot rebounded off his leg but he was spared.

Kalulu (6.5): A good display from the young Frenchman as he not only did well in defence, but also had an impact in attack. He widened the play on many occasions and was involved in the build-up to the goal.

Thiaw (6.5): Another good evening for the German as he won many aerial duels and looked secure overall. It certainly wasn’t the wrong decision to field him in the centre.

Tomori (6.5): It was nice to see him back on the pitch and he did well on the left-hand side of the defence. A lot of the build-up went through him and it was evident why.

Messias (7 – MOTM): He could have done better in the defensive phase but at the end of the day, he scored the crucial winner for Milan with a great strike.

Krunic (6): One must give him credit for always being available (more or less) and while he did do really well on a couple of occasions, the feeling is that he needs to be a bit more bold.

Tonali (6): He came close to scoring a goal at the end and it was an okay game from him overall. Monza’s momentum towards the end needed to be stopped, though, and Milan lost the midfield battle a bit in that period.

Hernandez (6): It certainly would have been a higher rating if it hadn’t been for his huge miss, as he did really well otherwise. After such a lovely counter he just needed to square it to Leao, or at least get it on target.

Diaz (6): He does so many things well, especially in terms of opening up space and attracting defenders. However, sometimes he must pass faster as even when he has an open option, he opts to dribble a bit first.

Origi (5.5): He had a slight involvement in the goal, to be fair, but was rather poor aside from that. His hold-up play was more or less non-existent and he was often beaten to the ball.

Leao (6): A mixed bag from him tonight, seeing as he started with a lovely curling effort that hit the post and then failed with a simple first touch minutes later.

Substitutes

De Ketelaere (5): Ouch. You can’t get much better chances than that, all he needed was to keep his cool and shift onto his left or fire it high.

Giroud (5.5): A couple of nice flicks here and there, but it wasn’t really a game he could make an attacking impact in.

Saelemaekers (5.5): Although he did well on a couple of occasions, for example to set up CDK’s big chance, he committed too many sloppy fouls.

Rebic (N/A): We didn’t see enough of him.

Bakayoko (6): Decent defensive display from him in the few minutes he got.