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Christian Pulisic capped a memorable week for AC Milan on Sunday.
Christian Pulisic has scored in four consecutive games for club and country in three separate competitions. (USA TODAY Sports)
Christian Pulisic capped a memorable week for AC Milan on Sunday.
The US men’s national team standout struck for the opening goal of Milan’s 2-1 win in Italy’s Serie A over archrival Inter in the San Siro Derby in spectacular fashion.
The victory snapped the Rossoneri six-game losing streak against Inter and lifted some of the pressure on coach Paulo Fonseca following a disappointing start to the campaign.
Pulisic intercepted a pass in Inter’s half and raced toward Yann Sommer’s goal in the 10th minute. He bolted past a defenders Francesco Acerbi and Benjamin Pavard before tapping the ball past goalkeeper Yannn Sommer for his third goal of the Serie campaign and four overall. He has scored in four successive matches for club and country against Inter, Liverpool, Venezia and New Zealand (in the USA’s 1-1 draw with New Zealand earlier this month).
Earlier in the week, Pulisic scored for Milan in a 2-1 loss to Liverpool in a UEFA Champions League match.
Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both US national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.
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