Christian Pulisic scored in his fifth consecutive match for club and country for the first time in his career AC Milano the team easily won 3-0 against Lecce in Italy Serie A on Friday.
Pulisic’s 43rd-minute finish was his fourth goal in as many matches for Milan, and he also scored in the final. USA‘ friendly against New Zealand earlier this month.
Milan scored three goals in five minutes just before half-time on Friday to secure victory at San Siro.
Álvaro Morata put the home team ahead with a dangerous header According to Hernandezfree kick in the 38th minute. Hernández then continued to receive a pass from Rafael Leo and put the ball into the roof of the net from a tight angle two minutes later, before Pulisic increased the score to 3-0.
It was the American’s fifth goal in seven games this season and took his tally of goals and assists since joining the Rossoneri last June to 32, more than anyone else. other in Serie A.
Davide Bartesaghi Milan received a straight red card with 10 minutes left in the match but it was too late to make this decision. Lecce hope for a return.
The victory helped Milan get 11 points and top the rankings with Torinoalthough the Turin club has one match left to play Lazio on Sunday.
Milan coach Paulo Fonseca told DAZN: “Today’s victory is so important, after a derby there is always a state of euphoria.”
“This team in recent years has not played positional football. They often rely on counter-attacks. Now we need to create space with tight positioning, doing things at the right time points. The team did well today, but I want more.”
Lecce remain fourth from the bottom of the 20-team league, with just one win and five points from the first six matches.
Milan will travel to Germany next week to face off Bundesliga champion Bayer Leverkusen in championship on Tuesday.
Information from the Associated Press and ESPN Research contributed to this report.
