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From very early on in his second stint at AC Milan, Massimiliano Allegri asked for goals from his midfielders. So far, he isn’t getting them.
As Calciomercato.com report, before tonight’s match against Torino, Milan have scored 19 total league goals. Christian Pulisic and Rafael Leao – with five goals each – have produced more than 50% of the Rossoneri’s attacking output.
Allegri has been clear: the contribution must also increase from other players, especially the midfield. Max asked for 15 goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Youssouf Fofana combined, but they are stuck at one each.
As for the team’s other midfielders, Samuele Ricci and Luka Modric have so far scored one goal each, while Adrien Rabiot is surprisingly yet to score.
Room for improvement
Rabiot has had some excellent performances so far, with his work in both phase very important. Allegri has found him improved and more mature compared to his years at Juventus, but now he certainly functions less as an attacking midfielder than in his years in Turin.
The Frenchman scored 11 goals under Allegri at Juve in 2022-23 and five the following season. At Marseille he got 10, confirming his ability to find the net, and now the Milan boss wants to see more from him in terms of goals.
In addition to the four goals scored by the midfielders and the 10 from the Pulisic-Leao duo, there are two from Strahinja Pavlovic, two from Alexis Saelemakers and one from Zachary Athekame.
Among the big teams, only Juventus and Roma have done worse in terms of goals from midfielders, with just one goal scored by Khephren Thuram (in addition to Andrea Cambiaso’s) and one by Bryan Cristante (plus two from Wesley and a goal from Celik).
Napoli have already found ten goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Scott McTominay and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa. Inter have eight from Hakan Calhanoglu, Petar Sucic and Nicolo Barella. An immediate change of pace is needed for a Milan team that wants to stay up there in the standings until the end.
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