UCL player ratings: Leverkusen 1-0 Milan – Maignan kept the Rossoneri in it

Milan lost for the second straight Champions League game, losing 1-0 to Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, despite going end-to-end late in the second half.

Here are the Milan ratings from Tuesday’s entertaining clash between Xabi Alonso and Paulo Fonseca’s sides.

Champions League: Leverkusen 0-0 Milan – player ratings

Milan

Maignan 7.5 – Milan almost single-handedly kept Milan at bay until Boniface’s opening goal. Although he parried a few shots back into dangerous areas, most of the follow-up shots did not end up on target.

Emerson Royal 5 – Not particularly calm when Milan was able to move forward in the second half

Gabbia 5.5 – Not quite as confident as some of his recent performances in Rossoneri colors, but a sign of how far he has come to get these chances in such big games.

Tomori 5.5 – None of the Rossoneri’s central defenders were particularly convincing against Leverkusen’s dangerous and lightning-fast attack. Finished by a wonderful shot from Alex Garcia just before Boniface’s goal.

Theo Hernandez 6 – Jeremie Frimpong had space as he ran in front of Milan’s flying left-back and used his speed to overwhelm the Frenchman on several occasions, including on Boniface’s goal. He was more helpful forward than behind.

Fofana 6 – Milan’s orchestrator at the base of midfield got better and better as the second half progressed, a few speculative attempts from distance but then a really nice cross for Morata who should have done a little better with his header.

Loftus cheek 6 – He used his physical abilities to dominate his tackles in the middle of the park, but wasn’t the best performer in terms of creativity.

Pulisic 7 – He took advantage of his recent strong form to score Milan’s first real shot on goal and looked keen to score a fifth goal in five games. Brilliant again in the Rossoneri attack. (Chukwueze 5.5)

Reijnders 6.5 – Perhaps he would have got his team going again if he had taken the first shot instead of taking a few extra touches in the penalty area in the second half.

Leao 5:5 – A very quiet evening for Fonseca’s star striker, who didn’t see nearly as much of the ball as he would have liked.

Abraham 6 – Another strong performance from the former England international, but not entirely neat and tidy in and around the opposition penalty area. (Morata 6)

Leverkusen

Hradecky 7.5; Tapsoba 6.5Tah 6.5Hincapie 6.5; Frimpong 7Xhaka 6.5Garcia 7Grimaldo 7; Adli 6.5Wirtz 7; Boniface 7.5.