‘For his pace’: Craig Burley suggests 24-year-old Chelsea player should start tonight vs AC Milan

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Craig Burley suggests Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic should start against AC Milan in tonight’s Champions League fixture.

The Blues travel to the San Siro on Tuesday night to face Milan in their own backyard.

For the Italians, they will definitely be out for revenge after suffering a humbling 3-0 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last week.

The Serie A club do have some momentum going into this evening after beating Juventus 2-0 on the weekend. Meanwhile, Chelsea’s strong form under Graham Potter continued on Saturday by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0.

Pulisic against AC Milan

Pulisic made his first start under Potter in the win against Wolves, scoring his first goal of the season with a neat lifted finish.

The 24-year-old left-winger hasn’t had a lot of minutes this campaign as he struggles for a spot in the starting line-up, but will his weekend performance bring him into contention to face Milan?

ESPN pundit Burley thinks the pace of the United States international could be a great weapon when playing away to Milan.

He was left on the bench in the first meeting against the Italians last week, though.

Burley told ESPN: “A game like Milan away would be the perfect scenario for his pace. I have no idea if Graham Potter will pick him or not.”

Rotation from Potter

Chelsea’s boss made seven changes at the weekend for the league fixture sandwiched in-between a Milan double header, so you’d guess he will revert to a side that’s similar to last week.

Pulisic definitely helped his own individual cause against Wolves, but it would be a surprise if that’s done enough to earn him a starting berth tonight.

The quick wide man knows he’s got teammate Raheem Sterling standing in his way as a big obstacle to play regularly.

The Chelsea Chronicle has done a predicted line-up to face Milan, which omits Pulisic from the starting team.

A good tactic could be to exploit the speed and trickery of Pulisic during the second half if the Blues are forced to go into a counter-attacking mode.

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