Christian Pulisic opened the scoring after a lovely feed from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, but a goal from Perr Schuurs made life difficult for Milan.
Nonetheless, Olivier Giroud converted a penalty, and Theo Hernandez dinked a Leao pass over Milinkovic-Savic to give the Rossoneri a two-goal lead at the break.
In the second half, Leao was brought down while attempting to cross the ball, giving Giroud another chance from 12 yards, which he converted emphatically to complete the scoring.
Juric spoke with DAZN after the game to assess what had been a difficult evening for his team, and his comments were relayed by MilanNews.
“I don’t even want to comment on the refereeing incidents because the gap was really huge and for the first time in these two years I’ve seen my team clearly inferior to their opponents.”
Is there an issue with the approach?”We could have played better technically, but I noticed a significant difference in speed, acceleration, physical strength, and technique.” “Almost everything.”
Torino usually wins at San Siro: “The worst match since I’ve been manager of Toro.” Last year, we deservedly defeated Milan twice. Today there was no competition.”
“I have to review the game thoroughly, analyze it, and then make the right decisions because today was a very bad day.”
AC Milan clinched another three points and thus grabbed their second win of the season in front of a sold-out San Siro. Olivier Giroud and Christian Pulisic got on target again, and down below are the player ratings for the Rosspneri.
Starting XI
Maignan (6): Couldn’t do anything about the goal and that was Torino’s only shot on goal as well, meaning he didn’t have much to do. He was good with his feet as always.
Calabria (6): He did quite well in his inverted role today and certainly had more defensive than attacking duties. Overall, a decent game for him.
Thiaw (6.5): Once again, he was probably the best centre-back for Milan as he often won the ball back and didn’t fear to advance with it either, making two or three very good runs up the pitch.
Tomori (6): The Englishman may have had one or two shaky moments, but overall he did a good job using his pace to stop the attackers. Nothing special, though, given the lack of quality from the Torino attackers.
Loftus-Cheek (7): A strong performance from the Englishman who got stuck in and won most duels for Milan. He did really well on the first goal, accelerating past his men, and then setting up Pulisic.
Krunic (6.5): Dictated the play well and above all used his body in a smart manner to keep possession for Milan (just before the first goal, he dispossessed Torino).
Reijnders (7): Another very good display from him with movement all over the pitch. He didn’t have 100% passing accuracy this time out but that doesn’t matter, managing to showcase his passing anyway. A few chances were missed, though.
Pulisic (7): The American opened the scoring after a move that he started, laying it off to Loftus-Cheek before making a very good run into the box. He had a couple more chances but failed to convert. Overall, another good day for him.
Giroud (7): Yes, he scored two goals, but both came from the spot. He kept his cool when he switched sides for the second penalty, showing his experience.
Substitutes
Musah (5.5): Had a quite a few so-so moments at the start but then showed off his abilities with a very good attacking run, which saves his rating a bit.
Chukwueze (5.5): Tough to assess him, truth be told, but he just didn’t look that dangerous on the right flank. He did have a few 1v1s and created nothing.
Okafor (5.5): The touch wasn’t there and he struggled to be in the right position.
Kjaer (N/A): We didn’t see enough to give him a rating.
Florenzi: (N/A): We didn’t see enough to give him a rating.
