The American had never started so well, not even with Borussia Dortmund.
5 goal in Serie A already, Christian Pulisic has never started a season this well in his career. What stands out from the match against Frosinone is his ball control while running. Maignan launches an assistfrom 70 meters away, ‘Captain America’ cuts in from the left, hooks the ball, brings it forward, and beats Turati with a lob, eluding the goalkeeper’s exit with the final decisive move. Checkmate. When asked about the goal, he shifted the praises to Magic Mike: “He is the best goalkeeper in the world.“
Pulisic is slowly taking over Milan. When he scores, Pioli’s team never loses. So far, he has scored against teams like Bologna, Torino, Lazio, Genoa, and Frosinone: Milan won all of these 5 games. The spark in the Champions League is missing, but he had never had such a prolific start in his career. Not even during his time at Borussia Dortmund when he was regarded as a prodigy:
In the 2016-17 season he started with 2 goals and 3 assists in the first six games before fading away until early March. The same script was read in the following season, a couple of highlights in the first five outings and then nothing until December. The season he scored the most remains 2019-20, 9 goals in 25 games in his first season in London, only to then enter a loop of injuries and misfortunes. But now he doesn’t stop, and is aiming for his best season yet with the ‘Rossoneri’ jersey
