Serie A | Udinese 0-3 Milan: Pulisic inspiration for Rossoneri

Pulisic immediately stung Zanos Sava’s gloves at the near post after a give and go with Adrien Rabiot, then the goalkeeper stood tall to deny Santiago Gimenez one-on-one when he was sent clear by Pervis Estupinan.

The deadlock was eventually broken when Pulisic pounced on a poor Kingsley Ehizibue clearance to send Estupinan down the left, the roll across was intercepted by Thomas Kristensen to risk an own goal, and Pulisic was again alert to turn in the rebound from Sava’s desperate save.

Milan doubled their lead straight after the restart in bizarre fashion, as Pulisic’s pressure on Jesper Karlstrom in the penalty area paid off, giving it away for Youssouf Fofana to beat Sava one on one.

Pulisic was involved again by scoring the third goal, as he gathered the Adrien Rabiot disguised pass down the right and smashed the finish through Oumar Solet’s legs to surprise Sava at the near post.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek came on and immediately nodded an Alexis Saelemaekers cross over the bar, while Nicolò Zaniolo and Arthur Atta had goes from distance, failing to trouble Pietro Terracciano.

Saelemaekers tested Sava after a Rabiot effort was deflected into his path, while Solet drilled wide on the counter-attack, as did Estupinan when a corner was cleared. Rabiot also flashed a ball across the face of goal to skim the far post on an Estupinan assist in stoppages.

The power of 3 reflected this result, as it was Milan’s third consecutive Serie A win, third straight clean sheet, and third year running they got three points in Udine.

Udinese 0-3 Milan

Pulisic 40, 53 (M), Fofana 46 (M)

20-09-2025 19:45 MatchDay 4 Friuli Stadium (Dacia Arena)

Udinese

Milan Live 0 - 3

Player statistic

1st half

Arthur Atta		30'
		39'		Christian Pulisic

2nd half

		46'		Youssouf Fofana (Assist: Christian Pulisic)
Jordan Zemura

50'         53'

Christian Pulisic (Assist: Adrien Rabiot) Udinese Milan

Starting lineups

90 Răzvan Sava Goalkeeper 19

Kingsley Ehizibue Defender 59' 33 Jordan Zemura Defender 28

Oumar Solet Defender 31 Thomas Kristensen Defender 14 Arthur Atta Midfielder 86' 8

Jesper Karlström Midfielder 32

Jurgen Ekkelenkamp Midfielder 59' 6 Oier Zarraga Midfielder 17 Iker Bravo Attacker 46' 9

Keinan Davis Attacker 59' 1

Pietro Terracciano Goalkeeper 23

Fikayo Tomori Defender 46

Matteo Gabbia Defender 2

Pervis Estupiñán Defender 31

Strahinja Pavlovic Defender 68'

Adrien Rabiot Midfielder 56

Alexis Saelemaekers Midfielder 14

Luka Modric Midfielder 81' 19

Youssouf Fofana Midfielder 68' 11

Christian Pulisic Attacker 63' 7

Santiago Giménez Attacker

62'

Substitutes

13 Nicolò Bertola Defender 24

Jakub Piotrowski Midfielder 11

Hassane Kamara Defender 1 Alessandro Nunziante Goalkeeper 27

Christian Kabasele Defender 2 Saba Goglichidze Defender 16 Matteo Palma Defender 41 Gioele Venuti Goalkeeper Idrissa Gueye Attacker 18

Adam Buksa Attacker 46'

Nicolò Zaniolo Midfielder 59' Alessandro Zanoli Defender 59' 77 Rui Modesto Midfielder 59' 38 Lennon Miller Midfielder 86' 33 Davide Bartesaghi Defender 96 Lorenzo Torriani Goalkeeper 37 Matteo Pittarella Goalkeeper 25 Cheveyo Balentien Attacker David Odogu Defender

Christopher Nkunku Attacker 62' 8

Ruben Loftus-Cheek Midfielder 63' 4

Samuele Ricci Midfielder 68' 5 Koni De Winter Defender 68' 24

Zachary Athekame Defender

81'