Star performers and familiar strugglers: Player ratings for Genoa-Milan from Italian papers
Oliver Fisher
AC Milan climbed back into the top four spots in the Serie A table with a hard-fought 2-1 win away against in-form Genoa on Sunday.
After the dire midweek display against Ferencvaros, Milan knew that three points were needed to bounce back. Alphadjo Cisse and Christian Pulisic put the Rossoneri in the command, and while Ellertsson’s goal late on made it a nervy finish, Ruben Amorim’s men hung on.
Genoa 1-2 AC Milan: Ratings from the papers
We published our player ratings just after the full-time whistle which we would always urge you to read first, while the Italian newspapers have given their verdict on what was another game of two halves from Milan.
La Gazzetta dello Sport start us off, and they have given the overall team performance and Amorim’s management of the game a score of 6.5 out of 10. The best player on the pitch in their eyes was Pulisic, who was awarded a 7, while they deemed Koni De Winter to be the weak link and he got the joint-lowest score of 5.5.
Luka Modric and Cisse join Pulisic by getting scores of 7. Mike Maignan, Mario Gila Yunus Musah, Adrien Rabiot and Diego Moreira received a 6.5. Sankhoun Diawara and Filippo Terracciano got a passing mark of 6, while the three substitutes Omari Hutchinson, Ardon Jashari and Pervis Estupinan were scored a 5.5.
Corriere dello Sport handed out 7s to Modric, Rabiot, Cisse and Pulisic. Scores of 6.5 went to Gila and Moreira, then everyone else got a pass but for De Winter and Hutchinson, who were given a 5.5.
Tuttosport joined their colleagues in giving praise to Maignan, Modric and Rabiot (all 7s). They were critical of De Winter, Musah and Jashari (5.5s), but 6.5s went to Gila, Terracciano, Moreira, Cissa and Pulisic.
