Olivier Giroud acknowledged Milan s display in Tuesday s 1-0 win over Torino was by no means impressive but applauded the team for still managing to get the job done.
Giroud got the only goal of the game in the 14th minute, tapping in from close range after Rade Krunic flicked on a corner.
Precious few clear-cut opportunities came for Milan thereafter – their 1.1 expected goals (xG) value was better than Torino s (0.6), but 0.8 of the Rossoneri s total was attributed to Giroud s goal, highlighting the dearth of quality chances after the breakthrough.
Torino came on strong in the latter stages, with Tonny Sanabria forcing a save from Ciprian Tatarusanu and Dennis Praet having a deflected effort hit the crossbar.
It was hardly an emphatic performance from…