Several players below par: Player ratings for Milan-Sassuolo from Italian papers

AC Milan suffered yet more frustration at home against a newly-promoted side, drawing 2-2 with Sassuolo on Sunday afternoon.

Things started badly for Milan as Ismael Kone put the Neroverdi into an early lead with a well-taken goal, but then Davide Bartesaghi scored either side of half-time to turn the game on its head. Christian Pulisic had a third goal ruled out for an apparent push that seemed non-existent.

Then, Armand Lauriente came off the bench to equalise inside the final 20 minutes and the points were shared. It is yet another frustrating result for Milan, after previously failing to beat Cremonese, Parma and Pisa.

AC Milan 2-2 Sassuolo: Paper player ratings

This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) has their ratings for the game, starting with the team’s overall performance and Massimiliano Allegri’s management of the match, which were both given a 5.5 out of 10.

Bartesaghi was rightly crowned Man of the Match, receiving an 8, while Matteo Gabbia struggled the most and was awarded a 5.

The only other positive notes were Strahinja Pavlovic, Alexis Saelemaekers and Ruben Loftus-Cheek who each got a 6.5. Mike Maignan, Luka modric and Christopher Nkunku got a passing grade of 6.

Fikayo Tomori, Adrien Rabiot, Christian Pulisic, Koni De Winter and Samuele Ricci each got unsatisfactory scores of 5.5.

🔢 The player ratings for #MilanSassuolo from @Gazzetta_it, @CorSport and @Tuttosport.

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Corriere dello Sport gave Tomori, Gabbia, De Winter, Pavlovic, Saelemaekers, Rabiot, Nkunku, Pulisic and Ricci a 6.5. Bartesaghi (8) was the only one to get above a passing score.

Tuttosport meanwhile gave Tomori, Gabbia, De Winter, Pavlovic, Rabiot, Pulisic and Ricci a 5.5. They also gave Bartesaghi an 8, as the only other score above a 6.