Christian Pulisic Scouting Report: His Key Role In Paulo Fonseca Tactics At AC Milan 2024/25

Premier League fans, particularly Chelsea fans, will remember the promise that USA international Christian Pulisic brought with him upon his arrival at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2019.

After impressing at Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund for a number of seasons as a youngster, Pulisic showed some real potential early on at Chelsea, bagging 18 goal contributions in 32 games in all competitions in his debut season at the bridge.

Due to various reasons, including injuries, his output and performance decreased as his time at the club went on, but he seems to have rediscovered his best form in Serie A, playing an important attacking role for AC Milan.

Pulisic contributed an impressive 26 goal contributions in 50 games in all competitions last season and has opened his 2024/25 campaign in astonishing form – he has eight goal contributions in 10 games in all competitions so far. He is currently on a historic run of form…

At the time of writing, Pulisic has contributed a goal in each of his last seven games for Milan—the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to achieve such a feat this season, a sign of his importance to Milan’s tactics.

In this scout report, we will provide a tactical analysis of Pulisics hot form in the early stages of this season.

The analysis will also discuss his role within Milan’s tactics, both in and out of possession.

Christian Pulisic Position Overview

This percentile chart tells us how Pulisic has started the 2024/25 season in comparison to other RAMFs (RWs not included in this particular graph) in tier 1 leagues (Europe’s top five leagues).

A few things jump out immediately, notably his goal contributions and expected goal contributions, telling us that he has been getting into dangerous positioning and being a dangerous threat in the final third.

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