Player ratings: Milan 3-0 Lecce – Pulisic steals the show, Moreira off the bench again

ITALY - SEPTEMBER 20: Christian Pulisic of AC Milan celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with teammate Koni De Winter during the Serie A match between AC Milan and US Lecce at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on September 20, 2026 in Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

Christian Pulisic stole the show with his brilliantly-taken opening goal in Milan’s eventual 3-0 Serie A victory over Lecce in San Siro in an encouraging evening for Ruben Amorim, who ended a run of three matches without a win across all competitions. Check out the player ratings below!

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Pulisic showed fantastic technique to send Milan 1-0 up, Adrien Rabiot was in the right place in the right time to double the advantage after an hour and Diego Moreira netted his third goal in two substitute appearances to put the game beyond any doubt. 

You can see how the action unfolded on the Football Italia Liveblog.

Milan: Maignan 6.5; Gila 6.5, De Winter 6, Pavlovic 7; Chukwueze 6 (Camarda n/a), Modric 6.5 (Musah 6), Rabiot 7, Estupinan 6 (Bartesaghi 6); Pulisic 7.5 (Loftus-Cheek), Saelemaekers 6.5 (Moreira 7); Ramos 6. 

Best Milan player: Christian Pulisic 7.5 – Finally off the mark for Milan in 2026: His last goal for the Rossoneri came at the back end of December 28. And what a goal it was: Fantastic technique to bring down Pavlovic’s long ball over the top and finishing beyond Falcone with his following touch. On his first start of the 2026-27 season as well. Aside from his goal, the American was Milan’s biggest attacking threat across the evening. 

Coach: Ruben Amorim 7 – A much needed response from Milan and Amorim after going their last three games across all competitions without a win. The Portuguese tactician changed two of his three attackers from last weekend’s Serie A draw against Lazio, bringing in goalscorer Pulisic and Saelemaekers, who had a decent game as well, and was also rewarded with his second-half substitutions: Moreira netting his third goal in two substitute appearances.

Lecce: Falcone 6; D.Veiga 5, Gaspar 5, Siebert 5, Gallo 6; Coulibaly 5, Ilic 5 (Drame 6), Maleh 5 (Ngom 6); Pierotti 5 (Ndri n/a), Stulic 4 (Esteban 6), Monteiro 5 (Fatah 6).

Coach: Eusebio Di Francesco 5 – It was always going to be a tough task for the underdogs in San Siro, and though they did match Milan in terms of their shots on target (four apiece), Lecce allowed their hosts the lion’s share of possession (67%), and they were simply not solid enough defensively if their counter-attacking plan was going to come off.