Plenty of plaudits handed around: Player ratings for Bologna-Milan from Italian papers

AC Milan put on one of the best shows they have all season last night, routing Bologna 3-0 at the Stadio Renato dall’Ara.

Dominant first halves have been somewhat of a rarity for Milan this season, but they bucked that trend as Ruben Loftus-Cheek fired in the first goal from Adrien Rabiot’s cut-back, then Christopher Nkunku tucked away a penalty.

Rabiot turned from provider to scorer early in the second half as he took advantage of a wild throw-in from Juan Miranda, and the Rossoneri could have even scored more. In the end, they had to make do with a three-goal win, moving seven points clear of fifth place.

Bologna 0-3 AC Milan: Paper ratings

La Gazzetta dello Sport have their ratings from the game this morning, giving the team’s performance and Massimiliano Allegri’s management a score of 8 out of 10. The man of the match was Rabiot, who got an 8, but his compatriot Nkunku received the same grade.

Mike Maignan got the ‘lowest’ grade with a 6 out of 10, but it was purely because of how little he had to do. Samuele Ricci, Fikayo Tomori and Niclas Füllkrug also got a pass off the bench.

Davide Bartesaghi was given a 6.5, then come a sea of 7s: Koni De Winter, Matteo Gabbia, Strahinja Pavlovic and Youssouf Fofana were praised. Zachary Athakem, Luka Modric and Loftus-Cheek even got a 7.5.

Corriere dello Sport were also upbeat about Milan’s performance. Rabiot was the highest scorer with an 8, with Modric, Loftus-Cheek and Nkunku getting half a point less. Gabbia, Fofana and Athekame scored 7.

De Winter, Pavlovic and Bartesaghi were graded a 6.5, with only Tomori and Ricci (two substitutes) getting a simple passing grade, along with Maignan.

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