Player Ratings: AC Milan 4-2 Slavia Praha – No standout player; Pioli embarrassing | OneFootball

AC Milan struggled against a ten-man Slavia Praga at San Siro on Thursday evening, just about clinching a two-goal lead ahead of the second leg. There was no standout player for the Rossoneri and below are the player ratings.

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Starting XI

Maignan (6): Both of the goals conceded were absolute stunners, so he couldn’t do much about that, and he was decent with his distribution.

Florenzi (6.5): He might not always be brilliant in the defensive phase, picking up a yellow card early, but he got two assists in the end. The second was a great corner for Loftus-Cheek, but the first one also counts although it was a rather simple pass.

Kjaer (6): The Dane had a great block in the first half, and was okay for most of the game, but made a big mistake in the second half which Slavia Praha really should have capitalised on. It could have cost Milan a lot. But he did enough to get a pass here.

Gabbia (6): The centre-back was caught out of position on a few occasions, but improved as the game went on and had some positive moments before the substitution at the interval.

Hernandez (6): A couple of trademark runs, and some solid defending, but not much more from the Frenchman this evening. Perhaps we expected more when Slavia went down a man, but they also defended a lot on the left flank to be fair.

Adli (5.5): Not that effective with his movement and passing tonight, also taking rather big risks in the build-up (as always). He really must work on the latter, because it’s not sustainable.

Reijnders (6.5): Always on the move, with good passing as well, and today he crowned a decent performance with a rocket. Great one from outside the box, leaving the goalkeeper no chance to save it.

Pulisic (6.5): Just like we saw against Lazio, the American didn’t have much of an impact in possession for most of the game. Yet, he managed to get a man sent off (again) and also bagged a goal. Even the tap-ins count, but it would also be nice to see him do better in 1v1 situations.

Loftus-Cheek (6.5): He was often available and ended up getting the ball quite a lot, though perhaps not always that successful. The header to make it 3-1 was lovely, though, once again showing just how good he is in the box.

Leao (6.5): The winger ended the game with two assists. Similarly to Florenzi, however, one was great and the other wasn’t as impressive (a deflected shot in Leao’s case). Perhaps a shame that he didn’t get the goal but still a positive rating for him.

Giroud (6.5): Right place, right time, making the most of Leao’s deflected shot to open the scoring. You can demand more from him in the hold-up, perhaps, but it’s not like Milan played brilliant football tonight (see Pioli’s rating below).

Substitutes

Calabria (6): The captain got himself a tactical yellow card but was okay aside from that, just about doing enough to get a pass here.

Tomori (6): Solid off the bench without being spectacular by any means. It’s nice to see him back on the pitch regularly, but he needs more time to regain match fitness.

Jovic (6): He was involved in the fourth goal, which could turn out to be very important, and he must build on that action.

Okafor (N/A): We didn’t see enough to give him a rating.

Bennacer (N/A): We didn’t see enough to give him a rating.

The manager

Pioli (4): Milan struggled from the start and for the umpteenth time, they didn’t have a proper plan for the numerical superiority. At this point, it’s almost an advantage for the opponents to get a red card, and this has been the case ever since Pioli took over the club. His tactical ability is embarrassing at times, and today only confirmed why the parties need to go their separate ways.