Pulisic ON FIRE as AC Milan star sends Chelsea a message

Carlo Garganese

• 12 May 2024 13:00 BST
• 3 min read

Christian Pulisic continued his sensational first season in Serie A with another two goals on Saturday.

Pulisic struck twice in the 5-1 thrashing of Cagliari at San Siro.

The 25-year-old has enjoyed a very productive first season at AC Milan since joining last summer from Chelsea for €22 million.

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He now has 12 Serie A goals for the season - all of them from open play. Pulisic has 15 goals in all competitions.

The only wide attacker or attacking midfielder in Serie A to have more goals this season is Genoa’s Albert Gudmundsson with 14.

Indeed, only three players in total have more Serie A goals from open play than Pulisic; Lautaro Martinez, Dusan Vlahovic and Marcus Thuram.

Only one player at his former club Chelsea has more open play goals in the league this season; Nicolas Jackson with 14. Only Cole Palmer has more assists with 10 assists.

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Pulisic has the fifth most assists in Serie A this season, with seven assists. He has nine assists in all competitions.

With Chelsea enduring another disastrous season - despite the strong end to the campaign - the Blues will surely be regretting the decision to sell Pulisic last summer.

Pulisic at Chelsea

The winger joined Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund in 2019 for €64m.

He had a successful first season at Stamford Bridge, netting 11 goals in all competitions out of 34 games.

The midfielder even broke the record for the youngest Chelsea player to score a hat-trick, scoring three goals against Burnley in his debut year. But then the American’s form started to drop off - netting just a single goal in his final season for the club.

Chelsea had a mass exodus during last summer’s transfer window, with some 23 players either joining another club on a transfer or leaving after their contract ended.