Christian Pulisic scored direct from a corner kick to set AC Milan on the way to its first victory in this season’s Champions League.
But the United States international admitted it was an accident. Pulisic surprised everyone when he curled in a kick from the left corner flag in the 34th minute to put Milan 1-0 up against Club Brugge on Tuesday.
Pulisic raised his arms up and smiled broadly before being embraced by his teammates, as he laughed seeming incredulous. "Today it was a bit of luck but it’s still worth a goal.
I’m very happy," a laughing Pulisic said in Italian. "I didn’t try to do that but it was a good cross, I’ll say that, and after a nice, nice goal but I wasn’t trying that." Pulisic has scored seven goals this season for Milan in a fine start to the campaign.