Several praised but Santi wasteful: Player ratings for Milan-Bologna from Italian media

AC Milan were not at their free-flowing best during the win over Bologna, but they managed to get the job done with a tough 1-0 win.

It took Milan an hour to open the scoring in front of their own fans, but they did so with a moment of real quality. Ruben Loftus-Cheek led a counter-attack and laid off to Alexis Saelemaekers, whose pull-back was fired in by Luka Modric from the edge of the box.

Milan vs. Bologna: Player ratings

This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport has their player ratings from the game, starting with the team’s overall performance and Massimiliano Allegri’s management, both of which were awarded a score of 6.5 out of 10.

The man of the match was Modric given he netted the winner and controlled proceedings in the middle again, getting an 8, while Santiago Gimenez was wasteful in front of goal and got a 5.

A number of players were awarded a 6.5: Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia, Saelemaekers, Adrien Rabiot, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and the substitutes Samuele Ricci and Christian Pulisic drew praise.

Mike Maignan, Strahinja Pavlovic, Youssouf Fofana, Pervis Estupinan and Koni De Winter got half a point less, but it means Gimenez was the only one to get below a passing grade.

Corriere dello Sport gave Modric a 7.5, and 6.5s to Tomori, Gabbia, Saelemaekers, Ricci, Rabiot, Estupinan and Pulisic. The rest got a 6 aside from Gimenez, who was awarded a 5.

🔢 The player ratings for #MilanBologna from @Gazzetta_it and @CorSport.

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— SempreMilan (@SempreMilanCom) September 15, 2025