Some context:

Counting today’s loss Pescara have lost their last 6 away matches conceding 17 goals in that period. Pescara have never won at the San Siro in a top-flight match. Milan after today won their 4th consecutive league match – their longest streak of the season.

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Few Short Thoughts:

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It needs to be said that this was Torino goalkeeper Jean-Francois Gillet’s worst match of the season. He conceded more than he had in any match, and will certainly feel he could have kept most of Milan’s attempts out today.

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Milan: Abbiati; De Sciglio, Zapata, Acerbi, Mesbah; Flamini, Ambrosini, Emanuelson; Boateng, Pazzini, Bojan

Zenit: Malafeev; Anyukov, Alves, Lombaerts, Hubocan; Witsel, Denisov, Shirokov; Semak, Hulk, Danny

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• Francesco Acerbi despite his questionable performance in practice, had an excellent statistical match, completing 99% of his passes as well as winning 8 aerial duels (the rest of the Milan team combined won 5). Positionally Acerbi was lost, and his marking directly led to Nicola Legrottaglie’s opener.  He needs significant improvement in his marking as well as his positioning especially on set-pieces, where he let his man go on a second occasion but was not made to pay.