AC Milan

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    • 2nd in Italian Serie A

      Christian Pulisic back in XI as Milan win, keep Inter in sight

      United States forward Christian Pulisic returned to the AC Milan side today, who beat relegation-threatened Lecce 1-0. Niclas Füllkrug scored his first goal in nearly a year to give his team what could be a crucial win. Milan cut the gap to Serie A leader Inter Milan back to three points. Inter, which had also struggled against Lecce midweek, won 1-0 at Udinese on Saturday. Füllkrug joined Milan on loan from West Ham on the opening day of the winter transfer window in Italy. The 32-year-old Germany forward hadn't scored since April 5, against Bournemouth in the Premier League. He ended that drought in the 76th minute, less than three minutes after being substituted on for Pulisic. Alexis Saelemaekers ran onto a long pass from Matteo Gabbia down the right and then put in a cross for Füllkrug to head into the bottom far corner. Pulisic had had two of Milan's best chances before coming off but the US international was denied by two great saves from Lecce goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone, who also pulled off a number of other fine stops. Lecce slipped into the relegation zone, below Fiorentina on goal difference.
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      AC Milan players celebrate after scoring a goal against Lecce in Serie A.
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        2025-26 Serie A Table

        TeamGPWDLGDP
        Internazionale211614+2749
        AC Milan211371+1846
        Napoli211344+1443
        AS Roma211407+1442
        Juventus211164+1539
        Como20974+1234
        Atalanta21885+632
        Bologna21867+630
        Lazio20776+528
        Udinese21759-1126
        Sassuolo216510-523
        Parma21588-823
        Torino216510-1323
        Cremonese20578-822
        Cagliari21579-822
        Genoa21489-720
        Fiorentina213810-917
        Lecce214512-1617
        Pisa211119-1514
        Hellas Verona202711-1713

        2025-26 Team Leaders

        Italian Serie A

        11

        Christian PulisicM #11

        8
        Matches15
        Assists2
        10

        Rafael LeãoF #10

        7
        Matches15
        Assists2
        18

        Christopher NkunkuF #18

        4
        Matches15
        Assists2

        Rankings

        Italian Serie A

        Goal Difference
        18
        2nd
        Goals Scored
        34
        2nd
        Assists
        23
        2nd
        Goals Conceded
        16
        Tied-2nd
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