Christian Pulisic's strong start to the season with AC Milan is not going unnoticed by Olivier Giroud, who said his former teammate is playing with a newfound confidence since arriving in Italy last year.

If you don’t, you’ll blink and miss Christian Pulisic firing the USMNT to the promised land at the World Cup in a few years’ time. Pulisic is one of countless great Americans. Tony Hawk, Jeff Hardy, Beyonce all come to mind.

Paulo Fonseca was under intense pressure heading into the derby but his clever deployment of the USMNT player paid off