Christian Pulisic Leads AC Milan Past Inter With a Derby-Winning Goal — Massive Moment for the USMNT Star in the Milan Derby

Nov 24, 2025

Pulisic Delivers the Derby Winner as Milan Edge Inter 1-0 — Maignan’s Heroics Seal the Points

Christian Pulisic was the match-winner in a tight Milan Derby, finishing a rebound in the second half to lift AC Milan past their rivals 1-0. Inter had controlled much of the early play, forcing Mike Maignan into several big saves on Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martínez.

But the moment that changed everything came in the 54th minute. Alexis Saelemaekers’ low strike was pushed away by Yann Sommer, only for Pulisic to react quickest and tap in from close range — a classic poacher’s finish from the USMNT star.

Inter pushed hard for an equalizer and earned a penalty, but Hakan Çalhanoğlu’s effort was brilliantly denied by Maignan, who also cleared the rebound. The French keeper added another stop late on to keep Milan ahead.

The win moves Milan up to second in Serie A, while Inter slide to fourth.
For Pulisic, it’s another decisive moment shortly after returning from injury — and another reminder of how important “Captain America” has become in Milan’s attack.

Score
AC Milan 1–0 Inter Milan

Scores
(54’) Christian Pulisic (AC Milan)
Rebound finish after Saelemaekers’ shot was parried by Yann Sommer.

ESPN
https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/736894?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Social Media Reactions

PatriotBuzz_Jerome
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　↳ PunchlineVoyager
　George Weah!!!

　↳ MolassesQuickshot
　Still wild that Tim Weah was suiting up for the US while his dad was literally running Liberia as president.

HoopsAndHalftimesGOAT
Akanji was awful there — reacted way too late and ended up flat-footed while Pulisic blew right past him.

　↳ SnapshotPaparazzi
　That one’s on Sommer for sure.

　↳ HoopsAndHalftimesGOAT
　Sommer wasn’t great either, but you just can’t freeze like that. He slowed down after the shot, which made it way too easy for Pulisic to beat him.

　↳ ChargeLine4528
　Feels like he completely forgot he was supposed to be tracking Pulisic in the first place.

EagleForge_PuliGOAT
PULIGOAT 🦅
Wild how Akanji talked big before kickoff and then basically took a nap while marking his man.

　↳ RhineValleyAnt
　Puli and Akanji were teammates at Dortmund.
　He really should’ve known better.

　↳ ScreenShiftNova
　What did he even say lol?

　↳ KratosField61
　He just said he hoped he could stop Leão. Nothing dramatic — fans just blew it up like always.

　↳ DubsifyDrift
　When they asked him how he planned to stop Leão, he said “you’ll see tonight.”

　↳ GosuTrail_07
　To be fair… nobody asked him about Pulisic though lol.

GlacierPost_Sommer
Sommer might really be past it at this point.

　↳ LogicShift3089
　Akanji deserves way more of the blame on that play.

　↳ OpenRange_Ideas
　I’m pretty sure the shot wasn’t even heading on target. Sommer pushed it right into open space and Puli just beat his man to it — maybe Sommer expected Akanji to clean it up first.
　Honestly, Inter messed up that entire sequence: bad goal-kick shape, losing the third ball, Sommer overreacting, not pushing the save wide, and then Akanji getting outrun by Puli.
　That’s a whole chain of mistakes leading to Milan’s only goal.