AC Milan suffered a disappointing defeat away at Atalanta on Friday night, conceding a late winner at Gewiss Stadium. Having a look on the stats from the sport, it’s clear that the Rossoneri weren’t adequate.
Paulo Fonseca was desirous to give attention to the efficiency of the referee in , although maybe he ought to have targeted on his staff as an alternative. Certainly, it wasn’t a great second half and Atalanta deservedly clinched the win.
Atalanta dominate proceedings
The general stats present that Atalanta dominated many of the proceedings, successful each single stat attainable, at the very least of those we highlighted on MilanData. 4 towards 1 in huge possibilities and seven towards 0 in corners says an entire lot concerning the sport.
Certainly, as talked about, Milan seemingly switched off for the second half and . It got here again to chunk them and Fonseca ought to significantly consider his personal position on this, failing to make the required adjustments.
Toothless in assault
Associated to the above, having simply two photographs heading in the right direction is way from adequate. The primary got here inside the primary 15 seconds, courtesy of Christian Pulisic, and the opposite was Alvaro Morata’s strike on the equaliser. In different phrases, they each got here within the first half.
Within the second half, subsequently, Milan had been completely toothless and that is additionally proven by 7-0 in corners. The Rossoneri might have appeared much more stable defensively, at the very least in open play, however it’s clear that the assault suffered and that was additionally resulting from Pulisic’s harm.
Huge-team struggles proceed
Milan have confronted the highest six sides as soon as this season and in these video games, they’ve clinched simply 5 factors. That’s out of a attainable 18, which is way from adequate particularly in case your aim is to compete for the Scudetto.
Lazio 2-2 Milan
Inter 1-2 Milan
Fiorentina 2-1 Milan
Milan 0-2 Napoli
Milan 0-0 Juventus
Atalanta 2-1 Milan
One thing wants to vary in January, that’s for positive, and it possible gained’t be a managerial change as Milan nonetheless place confidence in Fonseca. The query is that if it is going to be too late in January, with the Champions League slipping out of sight.