AC Milan player ratings (4-2-3-1)
GK: Mike Maignan – 7/10 – Made a great save to stop Inter going three ahead in under 20 minutes. Might have given his team a fighting chance in the second leg.
RB: Davide Calabria (c) – 4/10 – Outmuscled and outwitted with disastrous consequences in the opening quarter of the game.
CB: Simon Kjaer – 5/10 – Arguably fortunate that VAR intervened when he appeared to trip Martinez.
CB: Fikayo Tomori – 4/10 – Surprisingly poor given the good season he has had.
LB: Theo Hernandez – 5/10 – Was getting frustrated when Inter were bossing the first half.
CM: Rade Krunic – 4/10 – Didn’t offer the back anything like enough protection. Could have been sent off on another night.
CM: Sandro Tonali – 5/10 – Poor off the ball and lazily lost track of Mkhitaryan when Inter made it 2-0. Did a much better job of getting on the ball and affecting the game in that way in the second half.
RM: Brahim Diaz – 6/10 – Had Milan’s first real chance of the game early in the second half.
AM: Ismael Bennacer – N/A – Injury ended his night after 18 minutes.
LM: Alexis Saelemaekers – 6/10 – Grew into the game as the first half progressed and seemed to be the most likely source of creativity. But withdrawn after an hour.
ST: Olivier Giroud – 5/10 – Starved of meaningful service all night.
Substitutes
SUB: Junior Messias (18′ for Bennacer) – 6/10
SUB: Malick Thiaw (59′ for Kjaer) – 7/10
SUB: Divock Origi (60′ for Saelemaekers) – 6/10
SUB: Tommaso Pobega (82′ for Diaz) – 6/10
SUB: Pierre Kalulu (82′ for Calabria) – 6/10
Manager
Stefani Pioli – 6/10 – Will be scratching his hed at the first half performance in particular. Things improved after the break and the subs made a decent impact.
Inter player ratings (3-5-2)
GK: Andre Onana – 6/10 – Mostly a spectator, despite Milan growing into the game.
CB: Matteo Darmian – 6/10 – Could have been safer in possession, but only denied a second half goal by a great block.
CB: Francesco Acerbi – 7/10 – Contained Giroud and even tried his luck from distance.
CB: Alessandro Bastoni – 7/10 – Carried the ball out of defence really well, like an extra midfielder.
RM: Denzel Dumfries – 6/10 – Didn’t see that much of the ball.
CM: Nicolo Barella – 7/10 – Put the hard yards in and was consistently invovled in Inter attacks.
CM: Hakan Calhanoglu – 8/10 – Controlled things from the middle of the pitch and unlucky not to score himself with a thunderous strike that hit the post.
CM: Henrikh Mkhitaryan – 8/10 – Rolled back the years with the way he took his goal.
LM: Federco Dimarco – 7/10 – Pace made him a great outlet and he made the Inter second.
ST: Edin Dzeko – 8/10 – Showed his strength when he broke the deadlock. Always a danger.
ST: Lautaro Martinez – 7/10 – Looked sharp darting in and around the Milan defenders and midfielders.
Substitutes
SUB: Marcelo Brozovic (63′ for Mkhitaryan) – 6/10
SUB: Romelu Lukaku (70′ for Dzeko) – 6/10
SUB: Stefan de Vrij (71′ for Dimarco) – 6/10
SUB: Joaquin Correa (78′ for Martinez) – 6/10
SUB: Roberto Gagliardini (78′ for Calhanoglu) – 5/10
Manager
Simone Inzaghi – 8/10 – Played it right and his team executed the gameplan perfectly.
Player of the match – Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter)
