When Carlos Bacca is on the pitch, defences are in trouble. Torino found this out the hard way on Sunday evening, as the Colombian fired a hat-trick of goals past them to help AC Milan to a 3-2 victory at the San Siro.
The striker’s consummate individual performance reminded Italian football of the perils of giving him space and time.
The away side, led by former Rossoneri head coach Sinisa Mihajlovic, started strongly, pressing man to man high up the pitch, forcing their hosts into playing more direct balls from the back.
