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Will Christian Pulisic play against PSG? AC Milan boss Stefano Pioli gives update on USMNT star's fitness ahead of crucial Champions League clash

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The United States international <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/christian-pulisic-ac-milan-loss-udinese/blt9c669e24742f290e" target="_blank">missed Milan’s 1-0 defeat to Udinese in Serie A</a> with a slight muscle tweak picked up in an outing against Napoli. No risks were taken on his fitness, with the decision taken to grant the 25-year-old forward a much-needed rest.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The big games keep on coming for Milan, though, and Stefano Pioli – who finds himself under pressure amid a four-match winless streak – is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/usmnt-star-christian-pulisic-how-morph-chelsea-outcast-ac-milan-leader-marcel-desailly-advice/blt62293fefe2f3c228" target="_blank">ready to throw Pulisic straight back in</a> to a Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. He has said when delivering a fitness update on Pulisic, Theo Hernandez, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Samuel Chukwueze: “They are fine. Chukwueze has a little less playing time but has been training for two days. Pulisic will start and Chukwu will be ready to replace him.”

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Pioli added after seeing Milan suffer three defeats and pick up just one draw from their last four matches in all competitions: “We paid too much for some results where we deserved more. We paid because in the last match we performed insufficiently compared to what we could and wanted. In these situations, it’s not words that make the difference but the behaviour. I keep repeating that the club is putting me in the best conditions, it has made a competitive team available to me. If the last performances have been negative, I am clearly responsible. With the passion I have, I focus on work and preparing for the match.”

WHAT THEY SAID

Milan, who <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/too-many-foreign-players-usmnt-star-christian-pulisic-yunus-musah-part-problem-ac-milan-arrigo-sacchi/blt9fcda7108af85e43" target="_blank">acquired Pulisic and his USMNT colleague Yunus Musah</a> during the summer transfer window, have slipped to third in the Serie A standings and <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/not-flowing-form-admission-usmnt-christian-pulisic-ac-milan-champions-league/bltc9282922c2a5864b" target="_blank">sit bottom of their Champions League group</a> behind PSG, Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Will Christian Pulisic play against PSG? AC Milan boss Stefano Pioli gives update on USMNT star's fitness ahead of crucial Champions League clash | Goal.com

Christian Pulisic has fully recovered from the knock which kept him out of AC Milan’s last game, with the USMNT star set to feature against PSG.

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