Player Ratings: Feyenoord 1-0 AC Milan – Maignan disaster; Pavlovic one of few positives | OneFootball

AC Milan failed to bring a good result back from Rotterdam as Feyenoord prevailed by the odd goal, following a big mistake by Mike Maignan. Below are the player ratings for the Rossoneri, with only a few positives.

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Starting XI

Maignan (4): While Milan didn’t play well and could have conceded more goals, the one they did let in was all due to the Frenchman’s mistake. Sadly, we have seen far too many similar mistakes from the goalkeeper in the last year or so, especially at the near post.

Walker (5): He certainly lost his 1v1 battle tonight and struggled overall in defence, not quite getting the attempted tackles/interceptions right. He also added very little in attack and wasn’t exactly best friends with the ball.

Thiaw (6): Overall, I actually think he defended okay with some dangerous chances headed away. Most of the issues for Milan were on the flanks, leaving the centre-backs exposed. The German also set up Leao for the 1v1 with the keeper.

Pavlovic (6.5 – MOTM): Milan’s best player today without a doubt. It wasn’t always pretty, but he got the job done in almost all duels and actually saved the Rossoneri on a couple of occasions with some very nice blocks. For a 7, he would have needed to eliminate the silly mistakes in possession.

Hernandez (5.5): He looked a bit lazy at the back again, unfortunately, and struggled to stop even the most predictable moves (such as one-twos). The contribution in attack wasn’t much better with struggles to get the crosses right.

Fofana (5): I’m starting to think it’s more of a structural issue, but once again the Frenchman failed to have a positive impact on the game. He had a couple of very poor giveaways and often found himself beaten in the duels. There were some good passes forward, but nowhere near enough for someone who is meant to direct the team.

Reijnders (5.5): The Dutchman missed a great chance in the attack before Feyenoord’s goal, putting it straight at the keeper. He should have done a lot better with the shot, potentially passed instead, but he was at least involved in a lot in the first half. In the second, however, he faded and that brings down his rating.

Pulisic (6): He had a couple of good runs into the box, and tracked back well most of the time, but he also struggled a bit in possession. Feyenoord’s intensive press made it difficult and quite a few fouls were given away as a result. On the other hand, he helped set up the chance for Reijnders at the start with a really nice run.

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Joao Felix (6): There were doubts about his abilities in the pressing phase but in the second half, he won the ball back several times. He was behind almost every ‘dangerous’ chance that Milan had, dropping down when needed as well, but his shots could have been better in the decisive moments. Encouraging but still some things missing.

Leao (4.5): He went down far too easily on the penalty incident, at least in my opinion, and he missed a couple of good chances as well. The biggest one, of course, was the 1v1 with the keeper as he took far too long to get a shot away. In fairness, he did beat his man a lot in the second half but nothing came of it. The end product was lacking, as we so often say.

Gimenez (5.5): It was a rather quiet game for him and while you could argue that the nature of the evening affected him negatively, it’s equally true that he didn’t get much service. Still, if this had been Morata, the comments would have been…

Substitutes

Tomori (5.5): Milan were pushing for an equaliser so perhaps it’s understandable, but he was quite rash tonight as well and didn’t feel like too much of an improvement off the bench. Some good interventions still, though.

Chukwueze (5.5): Tracked back well on a couple of occasions, but Milan brought him on for his attacking abilities and ultimately, he wasn’t too successful with those.

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

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