Embarrassment for Chelsea as Christian Pulisic goal for AC Milan means he's outscored entire Blues squad from open play this season - not even Cole Palmer can match USMNT star

Pulisic netted the first goal of the game as AC Milan played Lecce in Serie A, to leave former club Chelsea red-faced. The United States men's national team star now has 10 open-play goals - as well as six assists - while Chelsea's top scorer from open play this season is Nicolas Jackson, with nine. In-form Cole Palmer, meanwhile, has scored 16 goals, but only seven are from open play.

Chelsea allowed Pulisic to leave for around €20m (£17m/$21m) last summer and he has gone on to recapture the form that he showed while he was impressing for Borussia Dortmund. He also remains a key player for the USMNT heading into the Copa America and then their home 2026 World Cup.

Milan are second in Serie A and look set to finish there; they are 11 points behind leaders Inter and nine points ahead of third-placed Juventus. Chelsea, by comparison, are 11th in the Premier League, although they do have an FA Cup semi-final date with Manchester City on the horizon.

As well as Pulisic, Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao scored against Lecce in a comfortable win; they will next face Roma in an all-Italian Europa League quarter-final on April 11. For Pulisic, it's been an outstanding debut season in Serie A, where he has hit the ground running and looks entirely comfortable in his surroundings.