A quite painful analysis but one that had to be done.

Alessio Romagnoli has been a rock at the back for Milan and Milan were looking to sign a long term partner until we got in Kjær from Sevilla. With Milan option to play a high line to support Milan's high press it exposed

Alessio who until the days of Gattuso was quite content to sit back and be a last ditch defender. His tackles and his timing as a last ditch defender is close to perfect and with RR covering the flanks Alessio had the cover from the wing.

With Theo bombing forward and Kessie

Helping out in attack when the ball goes forward it creates a lot of space.

Modern football is all about space. For attackers it is about creating space and attacking space. As a defender it is about closing down space and not giving space to attackers. Coaches have analysts use data science to find space and patterns.

This is our match against Parma. Gervinho one of the fastest players. Alessio isn't quick enough to close down the space.

In the second instance once again he fails to close down and we can see what happens

Rabiot's goal. Once Theo is beaten it's rinse and repeat from Alessio. Keep backing off and give space, get beaten by pace

The 5-1 in Bologna is remembered by Milan fans for Milan's big win and annhilation of the Bologna defence. But shortly after the 2nd goal Bologna threatened Milan quite a lot and even yielded in a goal

Outside Italy teams are more attack oriented and possess fast players who press high. This has shown Alessio to be a lot more exposed.

One player in Italy who has pace and strength is Lukaku and we saw how Alessio struggled against Lukaku

These incidents are not one-offs like we Milanisti think but it looks like Alessio has something to work on if Milan is to stop leaking goals.