Pulisic stars as Milan comes from behind to win
AC Milan came from two goals down to win 3-2 at lowly Lecce in Serie A, with Christian Pulisic flipping the game on its head for the visitors.
It looked like the pressure would be piling on Sergio Conceicao once again, but a late turnaround ensured Milan secured a 1,500th Serie A win instead.
With the pitch still covered by smoke after the fans welcomed the teams with flares, Milan thought it had taken the lead 47 seconds in when Santiago Gimenez struck with his first touch from a Theo Hernandez pass. However, it was chalked off for offside.
The early scare did not intimidate the home side, which took a shock lead in the seventh minute with a beautiful Nikola Krstovic strike inside the right post.
Milan saw another goal ruled out for offside when Matteo Gabbia netted from close range after a Hernandez free-kick, while Lecce almost doubled its advantage shortly after, Krstovic hitting the post 21 minutes in.
The Montenegro striker finally doubled the lead after the restart, scoring with a first-time effort into the bottom-left corner, but that good fortune soon started to ebb away.
Half-time substitute Rafael Leao squared a lovely pass to Joao Felix from the left and the Portuguese forward struck from close range before the ball ricocheted off Antonio Gallo and sailed into the net.
Milan was then awarded a penalty for a foul on Pulisic by Federico Baschirotto, which the United States international converted confidently in the 73rd minute to equalise.
Clearly fired up, he then put Milan in front from point-blank range after another great cross by Leao with nine minutes remaining.
