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Christian Pulisic told not to give up AC Milan penalty duties by Paulo Fonseca after Theo Hernandez & Tammy Abraham's costly misses vs Fiorentina

Serie A

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<p>The Rossoneri saw their American forward <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/usmnt-star-christian-pulisic-mvp-honours-ac-milan-serie-a/bltf0ca96430be3ea80" target="_blank">net another impressive goal in his latest Serie A outing</a> – with Pulisic restoring parity during their trip to Fiorentina when making perfect contact with a controlled volley. That effort arrived on the hour mark, but Milan went on to lose the game 2-1.</p><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Volleyed home and Milan are back level 🙌<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FiorentinaMilan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FiorentinaMilan</a> 1-1 <a href="https://t.co/u73plaFzhY">pic.twitter.com/u73plaFzhY</a></p>— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) <a href="https://twitter.com/SerieA_EN/status/1843021756140769318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>They had opportunities to claim all three points, before being reduced to 10 men late on, with Theo Hernandez and Tammy Abraham missing penalties either side of half-time. Former Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea repelled both of those efforts.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Pulisic is supposed to be the man that steps up to the spot for Milan, with Fonsesa telling reporters afterwards of seeing his squad make big calls among themselves: “Our penalty taker is Pulisic, I don't know why the players changed their minds. I spoke to him and said that it must not happen again.”</p>

WHAT FONSECA SAID

<p>Fonseca described the spot-kick saga as a “circus”, with his Milan side being made to look slightly clownish. Pulisic <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/usmnt-star-christian-pulisic-warned-against-mohamed-salah-liverpool-ac-milan-glitz-glamour-premier-league-transfer/blt694a877c73952b95" target="_blank">successfully converted from 12 yards</a> during a 4-0 win over Venezia in September and will likely step up again the next time that the Rossoneri are awarded a penalty.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Christian Pulisic told not to give up AC Milan penalty duties by Paulo Fonseca after Theo Hernandez & Tammy Abraham's costly misses vs Fiorentina | Goal.com US

Christian Pulisic has been warned never to give up penalty-taking duty again, with AC Milan boss Paulo Fonseca left raging at the USMNT star.

Christian Pulisic told not to give up AC Milan penalty duties by Paulo Fonseca after Theo Hernandez &amp; Tammy Abraham&apos;s costly misses vs Fiorentina