AC Milan climbed to third place in Serie A with a 1-0 win over Roma; Maignan made 7 saves including a penalty stop and was named the team's best player.

The 10th round of Serie A featured a tough battle where AC Milan faced Roma at home. The game was very close, and Milan managed a 1-0 win thanks to Pavlovic’s goal set up by Leao, moving Milan up to third place in the league, tied on points with second-place Inter Milan and fourth-place Roma.

In this match, AC Milan had no dominance over Roma on their home turf, with just 37% possession and 17 shots compared to Roma’s 20. The key figure for Milan’s victory was their French goalkeeper Maignan, who made 7 saves and notably stopped a penalty by Roma’s Argentine forward Dybala in the 82nd minute. Maignan blocked Dybala’s penalty shot by pushing it out over the goal line, denying Roma even a rebound chance. After the match, Maignan earned the highest rating of 8.2, just above the 8.1 scored by the veteran Modric, who remains a vital presence despite his age. Maignan was also voted AC Milan’s best player in the 1-0 win over Roma!

Fans joked that Maignan’s award for best player owed at least 70% to Fofana. Fofana, who started and played the entire match in midfield for Milan, had a disastrously poor performance. He squandered two good scoring chances in attack, including one that even a grandma could have scored. As a starter playing the full 90 minutes, Fofana only touched the ball 28 times, starkly contrasting with veteran Modric’s 61 touches—more than double. Defensively, Fofana was equally ineffective, recording zero clearances and interceptions, committing four fouls, and winning just 2 of 8 ground duels. His only positive was three successful tackles, but he also conceded a free kick and gave away the penalty that Maignan heroically saved from Dybala. Post-match, Fofana received Milan’s lowest rating of 5.7, which was also the second lowest among all players on the pitch, only better than Dybala’s 5.6, who missed the penalty.