American has struggled since arriving for £58m but he made the late winner at Ajax as Chelsea defeated one of last season’s semi-finalists
There were 86 minutes on the clock when Christian Pulisic decided it was time to silence all the noise about his slow start to life since joining Chelsea for £58m. The American winger had oozed menace after replacing Willian midway through the second half and did not look like a player struggling to cope with the unenviable weight of expectation when the opportunity arrived for him to deliver the incision missing from every other creative player on the pitch.
It had been a frustrating night for the forwards on both sides. Dusan Tadic and Hakim Ziyech were ineffective for Ajax, who will look back at the moment when Quincy Promes had a goal ruled out by the tightest of VAR offside decisions during the first half, and for long spells it had seemed that Chelsea would rue their lack of care in front of goal.
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