Christian Pulisic scored on Sunday during Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Aston Villa in the Premier League and after a tough time in England, the American finally seems to be settling down.
The youngster came to Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund with very high hopes but the player has failed to impress so far this season, playing in just 17 league matches.
But on Sunday, the 21-year-old looked a completely distinctive player from the minute he was introduced onto the pitch during the second half, in place of Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
And praising the youngster, Jamie Redknapp has told Sky Sports that Christian Pulisic is the time of player which Chelsea need in order to reach the levels of Liverpool in the near future.
Speaking about Pulisic’s goal, Redknapp said, as reported: “That’s what you want from your wide men.
“You look at what Liverpool FC do with their wide players. You want your wide men to chip in with 10-15 goals a season, it’s vital. What I like about that goal is the way that he [Pulisic] gets in at that back post, that’s what you’ve got to do.
“If he stands out there on the edge of the box thinking ‘well if it comes out I’ll get the next one’ he doesn’t get the goal. I think that’s something your wide men have to do now, it’s so important.
“Look, he shows real desire to get into that back post, you’re not always going to score the perfect goal but he gets something on it and manages to keep it down just enough.
“It’s an important finish and that changed [the game]. Chelsea were by far and away the better team, they had so much possession.
“It would have been a travesty if they had not won that game.”
Christian Pulisic made a strong statement after coming off the bench on Sunday and we think the American has done more than enough to cement a place in Chelsea’s starting line-up this midweek against Manchester City.
