The goal drought of the Milan forwards is hard to explain. Moreover, Leão is the only one (just to stay on theme) who is being made the scapegoat. Yet Rafa, who has played most of the season with a troublesome case of pubalgia and, above all, not in his most suitable position, is the team’s top scorer with 10 goals (9 in Serie A and 1 in the Coppa Italia). Pulisic has not scored yet in 2026 and seems to be a player completely out of form in the final third (even though yesterday he provided an assist to Rabiot).
Füllkrug has not put his name on the scoresheet for two months, and every time he comes on, it becomes clear why Allegri often and willingly gives him only the final minutes of matches. Nkunku is inscrutable: he has alternated between good performances and impressive goals, like the one against Fiorentina earlier, with matches in which it seemed he was only on the pitch because his name was on the team sheet. Then there is Santi Giménez, who returned to the field just yesterday after a long ankle injury. He was already an issue even before Milan’s forwards became a “case”: until October 28, the last match he played before yesterday, he had not scored in Serie A, with posts, glaring misses, and goals ruled out for millimeter offside calls.
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The Milan forwards' crisis in detail:
- Christian Pulisic: has not scored for 84 days. Milan-Verona 3-0 on December 28, 2025: it will reach 99 days at the time of Napoli-Milan.
- Niclas Füllkrug: has not scored for 63 days. Milan-Lecce 1-0 on January 18: it will reach 78 days at the time of Napoli-Milan.
- Christopher Nkunku: has not scored for 47 days. Bologna-Milan 0-3 on February 3: it will reach 62 days at the time of Napoli-Milan.
- Santiago Giménez: in the league, has not scored since Milan-Bologna 3-1, May 9, 2025: 317 days as of today. This season, he has not scored since Milan-Lecce 3-0 in the Coppa Italia on September 23, 2025: 180 days. By Napoli-Milan, he will reach 332 days without scoring in the league, though with 4 months out due to injury.
Yet it seems that Milan’s problem is only Leão. Undoubtedly, he is the most talented, and it is entirely fair to expect a certain level of performance from the Portuguese player, but it is not right that he should be the only scapegoat when the entire attacking unit is struggling immensely. What is this lack of goals due to? Some of it can also be attributed to the way of playing that Allegri has been implementing since the start of the season: the team has improved defensively, but that has affected the number of goals scored. Yesterday, with the switch to a 4-3-3, the players on the pitch found new motivation, and the attacking play also benefited. Will that be enough to break these rather inexplicable droughts?
Meanwhile, AC Milan's head coach, Massimiliano Allegri, when he was asked about the issue by DAZN, got away with his usual irony without really addressing the matter. Here's what he had to say:
"What will I ask of the forwards this week to get them scoring again? “This week I won’t ask anything of anyone because there’s the break. I said, ‘Please don’t ruin my break. That’s the only thing I’m asking.’ But the forwards will start scoring again in decisive moments after the break."
